Influence of particulate matter on the air quality situation in a mediterranean island

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 4745-4753

  Kleanthous, Savvas ^a   Bari, Md Aynul ^b   Baumbach, Guenter ^b   Sarachage Ruiz, Leire ^b  

^a Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dust resuspension; Limit value; PM10; PM2.5; Sahara dust

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DUST STORM; LIMIT VALUE; LIMIT VALUES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; PM2.5; RURAL SITE; SAHARA DUST; SAMPLING SITE; SUMMER SEASON; URBAN BACKGROUND;

AIR CLEANERS; AIR QUALITY; DUST; RURAL AREAS; STORMS;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

ABATEMENT COST; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST STORM; EUROPEAN UNION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESUSPENSION; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SPRING; SUMMER; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 69549138680     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.06.025     Document Type: Article

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