Analysis and evaluation of selected PM10 pollution episodes in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area in 2002

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3992-4005

  Aarnio, Päivi ^a   Martikainen, Jyrki ^b   Hussein, Tareq ^b   Valkama, Ilkka ^c   Vehkamäki, Hanna ^b   Sogacheva, Larisa ^b   Härkönen, Jari ^c   Karppinen, Ari ^c   Koskentalo, Tarja ^a   Kukkonen, Jaakko ^c   Kulmala, Markku ^b  

^a Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ion sum; Local characterization; Long range transport; Number concentration; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ION SUMS; LOCAL CHARACTERIZATION; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; NUMBER CONCENTRATION;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; SULFATE;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; FINLAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 43549103079     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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