Evolution of the air pollution in SW Germany evaluated by the long-term air quality index LAQx

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5071-5078

  Mayer, Helmut ^a   Holst, Jutta ^a   Schindler, Dirk ^a   Ahrens, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b State Agency for Environment Measurements and Nature Conservation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air quality index LAQx; Evolution of air pollution; SW Germany; Trends of air pollutants

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FISH; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICROFLUIDICS; OZONE; POLLUTION;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (SPM) CLASSES; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR QUALITY INDEX; APPLIED (CO); CENTRAL EUROPE; ELSEVIER (CO); EVOLUTION (CO); GERMANY; HEAT WAVES; OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; RURAL SITES; URBAN SITES;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION; EVOLUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OZONE; URBAN AREA;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 45649084172     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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