A GIS based anthropogenic PM10 emission inventory for Greece

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-81

  Markakis, Konstantinos ^a   Poupkou, Anastasia ^a   Melas, Dimitrios ^a   Zerefos, Christos ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Athens; Particulate matter; Spatial disaggregation; Temporal disaggregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956554589     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2010.010     Document Type: Article

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