Analysis of the impact of the forest fires in August 2007 on air quality of Athens using multi-sensor aerosol remote sensing data, meteorology and surface observations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3310-3318

  Liu, Yang ^c   Kahn, Ralph A ^a   Chaloulakou, Archontoula ^b   Koutrakis, Petros ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AOD; Greek forest fires; HYSPLIT; MISR plume height; MODIS; OMI

Indexed keywords

AOD; GREEK FOREST FIRES; HYSPLIT; MISR PLUME HEIGHT; MODIS; OMI;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; MEASUREMENTS; POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

FIRES;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST FIRE; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FIRE; FOREST; GREECE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

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

EID: 66349126052     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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