Intraurban variability of PM10 and PM2.5 in an Eastern Mediterranean city

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 893-901

  Massoud, Rawad ^a   Shihadeh, Alan L ^a   Roumié, Mohamed ^b   Youness, Myriam ^b   Gerard, Jocelyne ^c   Saliba, Nada ^c   Zaarour, Rita ^c   Abboud, Maher ^c   Farah, Wehbeh ^c   Saliba, Najat Aoun ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^c SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Beirut; Eastern Mediterranean; Elemental composition; Intra city variation; Ionic composition.; Particulate matters

Indexed keywords

BEIRUT; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; INTRA-CITY VARIATION; IONIC COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FRACTIONATION; IONIC COMPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BEIRUT; BEYROUTH; LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

GADIDAE;

EID: 79960911149     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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