Interpretation of the variability of levels of regional background aerosols in the Western Mediterranean

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 527-540

  Perez N ^a,b   Pey, J ^a,b   Castillo, S ^a,b   Viana, M ^a,b   Alastuey, A ^a,b   Querol, X ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual trends; Anticyclonic pollution episodes; PM10; PM1; PM2.5; Saharan dust; Western Mediterranean Basin

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; DUST; GAS EMISSIONS; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION; RURAL AREAS; SUN;

ANNUAL TRENDS; ANTICYCLONIC POLLUTION EPISODES; PM10; PM1; PM2.5; SAHARAN DUST; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN BASIN;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

ADVECTION; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST STORM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA BREEZE; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WESTERN EUROPE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KINETICS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; WIND;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); MONTSENY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 56249111326     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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