Air prediction models of pollutants in an industrialised area of the Mediterranean basin

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 10 A, 2008, Pages 1554-1564

  Vicente, Ana B ^a   Sanfeliu, Teófilo ^a   Jordan, Manuel M ^b   Sánchez, Ángel ^b   Esteban, Ma Dolores ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ambient air; Heavy metals; PM10; Prediction models; Public health; TSP

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION;

AFRICA; CASTELLON; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VILLARREAL;

EID: 56849123910     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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