Study of urban atmospheric pollution in Navarre (Northern Spain)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 137-151

  Zabalza, J ^a   Ogulei, D ^b   Elustondo, D ^a   Santamaria J M ^a   Alastuey, A ^c   Querol, X ^c   Hopke, P K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airquality; NO2; O3; PM10; Saharandust; SO2; Spain

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TRAFFIC; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SPAIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NAVARRA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 35848941893     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9605-6     Document Type: Article

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