Assessment of ambient air quality in Eskişehir, Turkey

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 678-687

  Ozden O ^a   Dogeroglu T ^a   Kara, S ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active passive sampling; Air pollutants (sulphur dioxide, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, volatile organic carbons); Continuous monitoring; Emission inventory; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

GAS BURNERS; GAS DYNAMICS; OZONE LAYER; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVE/PASSIVE SAMPLING; AIR POLLUTANTS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; EMISSION INVENTORY; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY;

NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; METHANE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAMPLING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PARAMETER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURKEY (BIRD); URBAN AREA;

ESKISEHIR [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 44749090828     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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