Identification of sources and processes affecting particulate pollution in Thessaloniki, Greece

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7293-7300

  Kassomenos, P A ^a   Kelessis, A ^b   Paschalidou, A K ^a   Petrakakis, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Environmental Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

Non combustion sources; Particulate pollution; Source apportionment; Source identification; Urban background

Indexed keywords

NON-COMBUSTION SOURCES; PARTICULATE POLLUTION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; URBAN BACKGROUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERICS; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOG; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; CONTROL SYSTEM; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MITIGATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; GREECE; HUMIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VELOCITY; WIND SPEED;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

ROSA; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 80755132159     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.08.034     Document Type: Article

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