Air pollution characteristics associated with mesoscale atmospheric patterns in northwest continental Europe

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 5183-5190

  Buchholz, Saskia ^a   Junk, Jürgen ^a   Krein, Andreas ^a   Heinemann, Günther ^b   Hoffmann, Lucien ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daily air quality index DAQx; Particulate matter PM10; Public health; Synoptic weather patterns; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY INDICES; SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REGIONAL PLANNING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER STATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; EUROPE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 78049254900     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.053     Document Type: Article

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