Variations of concentration of aerosol particles (< 10 μm) in vilnius

Lithuanian Journal of Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-334

  Sopauskiene D ^a   Jasineviciene D ^a  

^a Stitute of Physics   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Air mass backward trajectories; Intraurban uniformity; Long range transport; Mass concentration; PM10; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952902443     PISSN: 16488504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3952/lithjphys.49303     Document Type: Article

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