Influence of meteorological factors and emission sources on spatial and temporal variations of PM10 concentrations in Istanbul metropolitan area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 5504-5513

  Unal, Yurdanur S ^a   Toros, Hüseyin ^a   Deniz, Ali ^a   Incecik, Selahattin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hierarchical clustering; High PM10 concentrations; Istanbul; Precipitation; Wind

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SOURCES; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOT POINT; INDUSTRIAL ZONES; ISTANBUL; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MONITORING SITES; PM10 CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL PATTERN; URBAN ZONES;

POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; INDIA; INDUSTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 80051471895     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.039     Document Type: Article

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