Mesoscale controls on particulate matter pollution for a mega city in a semi-arid mountainous environment: Tehran, Iran

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 166-183

  Zawar Reza, Peyman ^a,b   Appelhans, Tim ^a   Gharaylou, Maryam ^a,b   Shamsipour, Aliakbar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Down slope; Mesoscale; Modelling; TAPM; Tehran; Transition; Up slope

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; MODELS;

DOWN-SLOPE; MESOSCALE; TAPM; TEHRAN; TRANSITION; UP-SLOPE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MEGACITY; MESOSCALE MOTION; MICROMETEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEMIARID REGION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENT; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRAN; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RATING SCALE; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 77949868068     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.032252     Document Type: Article

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