Study of small ions concentration in the air above Athens, Greece

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 219-228

  Retalis, A ^a   Nastos, P ^b   Retalis, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Athens; Atmospheric electricity; Greece; Relative humidity; Small ions; Smoke; Sulphur dioxide; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERICS; FORESTRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IONS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATHENS; GREECE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SMALL IONS; SULPHUR DIOXIDE; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149484018     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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