Design of an air-quality surveillance system for Buenos Aires City integrated by a NO x monitoring network and atmospheric dispersion models

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-356

  Mazzeo, Nicolás A ^a   Venegas, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air quality management; Air quality monitoring network; Atmospheric dispersion models; Nitrogen oxides; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DESIGN; NITROGEN OXIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; AIR QUALITY MODELLING; AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; MONITORING NETWORK; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DESIGN; DISPERSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA [(CTY) BUENOS AIRES]; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

EID: 48449098537     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-007-9101-y     Document Type: Article

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