One decade of parallel fine (PM 2.5) and coarse (PM 10-PM 2.5) particulate matter measurements in Europe: Trends and variability

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3189-3203

  Barmpadimos, I ^a   Keller, J ^a   Oderbolz, D ^a   Hueglin, C ^b   Prevot A S H ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WIND VELOCITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84859343359     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-3189-2012     Document Type: Article

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