Origin of polluted air masses in the Alps. An overview and first results for MONARPOP

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3232-3237

  Kaiser, August ^a  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Air pollutant transport; Trajectory statistics

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; AUSTRIA; HIGH ELEVATION; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLLUTED AIR MASS; SAMPLING PROCEDURES; SLOPE WINDS; SPECIAL WEATHER; SWITZERLAND; TEMPORAL SCALE; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WIND SYSTEMS;

AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; OZONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN OXIDES; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRAJECTORY; VALLEY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUSTRIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; METEOROLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SWITZERLAND; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; GRAUBUNDEN; ITALY; PO BASIN; SONNBLICK; SWITZERLAND; WEISSFLUHJOCH;

EID: 71049169704     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.042     Document Type: Article

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