Discriminating the regional and urban contributions in the North-Western Mediterranean: PM levels and composition

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1587-1596

  Pey, Jorge ^a   Querol, Xavier ^a   Alastuey, Andrés ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; BALEARIC ISLANDS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COARSE FRACTIONS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CRUSTAL COMPOSITION; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FUEL OIL COMBUSTION; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; HIGH LOAD; ROAD DUSTS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; STUDY AREAS; SUBURBAN SITES; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN BACKGROUND; VEHICULAR EMISSION; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WESTERN REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CALCIUM; DUST; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; ROADS AND STREETS; TIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ANTIMONY; BISMUTH; CALCIUM; COPPER; FUEL OIL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NITRATE; TIN; ZINC;

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENRICHMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URBAN AREA;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77949568632     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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