Reflectance spectroscopy of indoor settled dust in Tel Aviv, Israel: Comparison between the spring and the summer seasons

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 51-57

  Chudnovsky, A A ^a   Ben Dor, E ^a   Saaroni, H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; INDOOR AIR; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; TEL AVIV;

EID: 34547275313     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-12-51-2007     Document Type: Article

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