Spatiotemporal analysis of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide concentrations over the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 139-152

  Zeri, Marcelo ^a   Oliveira Júnior, José Francisco ^b   Lyra, Gustavo Bastos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COLD FRONT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

EID: 80051861791     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-011-0153-9     Document Type: Article

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