Air pollution in the last 50 years - From local to global

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Fenger, Jes ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenhouse effect; Organic compounds; Ozone layer; Particles; Photochemical smog; Smog; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; CLEANING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SCIENCE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTION; SMOKE; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS; FLUE GAS CLEANINGS; GEOGRAPHICAL SCALES; HEAT AND POWER PRODUCTIONS; LARGE DATA SETS; PARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL AIR POLLUTIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; SMALL PARTICLES; SMOG; SULPHUR DIOXIDES; THIN LAYERS; TRANSBOUNDARY; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; URBAN AREAS; WORLD WAR II;

AIR POLLUTION;

FOSSIL FUEL; GASOLINE; LEAD; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SMOG; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOOT; THERMOGENESIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 56449094816     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.061     Document Type: Article

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