A method to determine the effect of mineral dust aerosols on air quality

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 5463-5468

  Ganor, Eliezer ^a   Stupp, Amnon ^a   Alpert, Pinhas ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemical and mineralogical composition; Dust increase; PM10; PM2.5; Pollution level; Tel Aviv Israel

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS; DUST STORM; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FORECAST MODEL; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST AEROSOL; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL MINERALS; ORGANIC PARTICLES; PALYGORSKITES; PARTICULATE POLLUTION; PM10 AND PM2.5; PM2.5; POLLUTION LEVEL; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SALTS; SINGLE PARTICLE;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; CLAY MINERALS; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; STANDARDS; STORMS; STUCCO;

DUST;

MINERAL;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST STORM; MINERALOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FORECASTING; ISRAEL; MINERAL DUST; MINERALOGY; NORTH AFRICA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; TEL AVIV;

EID: 71849087779     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.028     Document Type: Article

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