PM10 regional transport pathways in Thessaloniki, Greece

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1079-1085

  Katragkou, E ^a   Kazadzis, S ^a,b   Amiridis, V ^c   Papaioannou, V ^a   Karathanasis, S ^d   Melas, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Region of Central Macedonia   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Air mass trajectories; Cluster analysis; PM10

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; CLEAN AIRS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH POTENTIALS; OPTICAL DEPTHS; PARTICULATE MATTERS; PM10; QUALITY DETERIORATIONS; REGIONAL TRANSPORTS; SAHARAN DUSTS; TIME PERIODS; URBAN STATIONS;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS BURNING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUST STORM; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

EID: 58249135118     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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