Does a synoptic classification indicate the NO x pollution potential? the case of the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, Israel

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 207, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 139-155

  Saaroni, Hadas ^a   Ziv, Baruch ^b   Uman, Tatiana ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Downscaling; NO x; Pollution potential; Synoptic classification; Tel Aviv

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; DOWNSCALING; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; KEY FACTORS; MESOSCALE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MONITORING STATIONS; OFFSHORE FLOWS; RED SEA; STATIC STABILITY; SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS; TEL AVIV; TEL AVIV , ISRAEL; WINTER MONTHS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

POLLUTION;

NITROGEN OXIDE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYCLONE; DOWNSCALING; MESOSCALE MOTION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; STATIC RESPONSE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ISRAEL; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; TEL AVIV;

EID: 77249147361     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0125-6     Document Type: Article

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