Local air pollution and long-range mass transport of atmospheric particulate matter: A comparative study of the temporal evolution of the aerosol size fractions

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-146

  Febo, Antonio ^a   Guglielmi, Fabio ^a   Manigrasso, Maurizio ^b   Ciambottini, Valerio ^a   Avino, Pasquale ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol size spectra; Coarse fine mode correlation; Long range transport; Natural radioactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052572050     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2010.018     Document Type: Article

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