Analysis of long-range transport of particulate matters in connection with air circulation over Central and Eastern part of Europe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 523-529

  Stefan, Sabina ^a   Necula, Cristian ^a   Georgescu, Florinela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION   (Romania)

Author keywords

Air circulation types; Long range transport; Particulate matter; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AIR CIRCULATION; BACK-TRAJECTORY MODELS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CONCENTRATION VALUES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERIODOGRAMS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION EPISODES; SOFTWARE-BASED; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVELET FILTERS;

AIR; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TIME SERIES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERIODICITY; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

BAIA MARE; MARAMURES; ROMANIA;

EID: 77954954475     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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