Particle size distribution factor as an indicator for the impact of the Eyjafjallajökull ash plume at ground level in Augsburg, Germany

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 9367-9374

  Pitz, M ^a,b   Gu, J ^a,b   Soentgen, J ^b   Peters, A ^a   Cyrys, J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ASH;

AUGSBURG; BAVARIA; EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; GERMANY; ICELAND;

EID: 80052673642     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-9367-2011     Document Type: Article

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