Average mass concentrations of TSP, PM 10 and PM 2.5 in Erzurum urban atmosphere, Turkey

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-65

  Bayraktar, Hanefi ^a   Turalioǧlu, F Sezer ^a   Tuncel, Gürdal ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Erzurum; PM 10; PM 2.5; TSP

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BLACK SMOKE; COARSE MODE; COARSE MODE PARTICLES; ERZURUM; FRACTION VARIATION; HUMAN HEALTH; KRIGING METHODS; MASS CONCENTRATION; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING; SAMPLING PERIOD; SAMPLING POINTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERES; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED; WINTER SEASONS;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); KRIGING; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

ERZURUM [ERZURUM (PRV)]; ERZURUM [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 77949773454     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-008-0299-2     Document Type: Article

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