Design of air quality monitoring networks and its application to NO2 and O3 in Cordova, Spain

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-219

  Lozano, Antonio ^a   Usero, José ^b   Vanderlinden, Eva ^b   Raez, Juan ^a   Contreras, Juan ^c   Navarrete, Benito ^b   El Bakouri, Hicham ^b  

^a The Environmental Management Company (EGMASA)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality; Cordova; Monitoring; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Passive sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350059846     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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