Characterization of traffic-generated pollutants in Bucharest

Atmosfera

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-110

  Raducan, Gabi ^a   Stefan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Meteorological conditions; Pollutant concentrations; Traffic; Urban

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STREET CANYON; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 60149094022     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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