Ambient air quality in an urban area (ciudad real) in central-southern Spain

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 9 B, 2010, Pages 2064-2070

  Villanueva, Florentina ^a   Notario, Alberto ^a   Albaladejo, José ^a   Millán, Maria Cruz ^a   Mabilia, Rosanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Istituto Sull'inquinamento Atmosferico Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air monitoring; Mobile station; NO2; Ozone; PM10; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

SPAIN;

EID: 78649884797     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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