Long term trends in concentration of major pollutants (SO2, CO, NO, NO2, O3 and PM10) in Prague - Czech Republic (analysis of data between 1992 and 2005)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-60

  Braniš, Martin ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Emission; Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate matter; Sulfur dioxide; Traffic; Tropospheric ozone; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; PRAGUE;

EID: 38349152756     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-007-9138-6     Document Type: Article

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