Dust storm contributions to airborne particulate matter in Reykjavík, Iceland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 5924-5933

  Thorsteinsson, Throstur ^a   Gísladóttir, Gudrún ^a   Bullard, Joanna ^b   McTainsh, Grant ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate; Iceland; Particulate matter; Sandstorms

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE WARMING; DUST STORM; EMISSION RATES; ICELANDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POTENTIAL SOURCE REGIONS; SANDSTORMS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SOURCE REGION; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

AIR QUALITY; DUST; GLACIERS; POLLUTION;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; DIAMETER; DUST; GLOBAL WARMING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GLACIER; ICELAND; IMAGING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SEASHORE; WEATHER;

ICELAND; REYKJAVIK;

EID: 80052324497     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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