Environmental impacts on human health during a Saharan dust episode at Crete Island, Greece

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 517-529

  Nastos, P T ^a   Kampanis, N A ^b   Giaouzaki, K N ^c   Matzarakis, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CLOUD COVER; DATA SETS; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; FORECAST MODEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN HEALTH; MASS CONCENTRATION; MEAN SEA LEVEL; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NCEP/NCAR; PARTICULATE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; REANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; SAHARAN DUST; SPECIAL WEATHER; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; VECTOR WIND; WIND SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOSPITALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DUST; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEALTH IMPACT; MODIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 84555205224     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2011/0246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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