Assessment of potential source regions of PM2.5 components at a southwestern Mediterranean site

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-106

  Nicolás, Jose ^a   Chiari, Massimo ^b   Crespo, Javier ^a   Galindo, Nuria ^a   Lucarelli, Franco ^b   Nava, Silvia ^b   Yubero, Eduardo ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODELING; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEA SALT;

ALGERIA; ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; ELCHE; FRANCE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOROCCO; SPAIN;

EID: 78650944490     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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