Quantification of Saharan dust contribution to PM10 concentrations over Italy during 2003-2005

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 4181-4190

  Pederzoli, A ^a   Mircea, M ^a   Finardi, S ^b   di Sarra, A ^c   Zanini, G ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ARIANET Srl   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality; Italy; Mediterranean; PM10; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AFRICAN DUST; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST EVENT; DUST MODELS; EUROPEAN UNION; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; ITALY; KEY ISSUES; LIMIT VALUES; MEDITERRANEAN; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MONITORING NETWORK; PM10; POLICY FORMULATION; SAHARAN DUST; SATELLITE IMAGES;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

DUST;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION POLICY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DUST; EUROPEAN UNION; ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ITALY;

EID: 77956544565     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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