Reflectance spectroscopy is an effective tool for monitoring soot pollution in an urban suburb

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1102-1110

  Saaroni, H ^a   Chudnovsky, A ^a,b   Ben Dor, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accumulated particulate matter; Power plant station; Reflectance spectra; Soot dust; Tel Aviv

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANT STATIONS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRA; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; TEL AVIV;

AIR QUALITY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL OILS; PAPER CONTAINERS; POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; REFLECTION; SOOT; SPECTROSCOPY; URBAN PLANNING;

DUST;

FOSSIL FUEL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; DUST; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS CONVERSION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SOOT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; DUST; FOSSIL FUELS; POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; REFLECTION; SOOT; SPECTROSCOPY;

ISRAEL; TEL AVIV;

EID: 73149099635     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.052     Document Type: Article

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