Monitoring of sources and atmospheric processes controlling air quality in an urban Mediterranean environment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 4879-4890

  Pey, Jorge ^a   Alastuey, Andrés ^a   Querol, Xavier ^a   Rodríguez, Sergio ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; CPC; DMPS; PM1 PM2.5 PM10; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; BARCELONA; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CPC; DMPS; EMISSION SOURCES; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH IMPACT; HIGH SOLUBILITY; MASS CONCENTRATION; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROMETRIC PARTICLES; MINERAL MATTERS; MONITORING PARAMETERS; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; NUCLEATION MODE PARTICLES; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PM1-PM2.5-PM10; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; URBAN AEROSOLS; URBAN AREAS; VEHICLE EXHAUST EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOG; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MONITORING;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TECHNIQUE; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77958175155     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.034     Document Type: Article

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