Evaluation of the impact of long-range transport and aerosol concentration temporal variations at the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 365-375

  Ovadnevaite J ^a   Kvietkus, K ^a   Sakalys J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Air mass; Human health; Lognormal distribution; Long range transport; Mixing depth; PM2.5; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH; METEOROLOGY; MIXING; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AIR MASS; HUMAN HEALTH; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PM2.5; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; BALTIC STATES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 38449102876     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9540-y     Document Type: Article

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