Meteorological variability in NO2 and PM10 concentrations in the Netherlands and its relation with EU limit values

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 3858-3866

  Velders, Guus J M ^a   Matthijsen, Jan ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air quality; Interannual; Measurements; Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION OF; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LIMIT VALUES; LOCAL POLICIES; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; MODEL CALCULATIONS; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METEOROLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650167711     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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