Assessment of an air pollution event in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-256

  Adame, J A ^a   Hernandez Ceballos M A ^a,b   Bolivar J P ^b   De la Morena, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution event; Air quality; Biomass burning; CO; Forest fires; HYSPLIT; Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean basin; Ozone; PM10; Wildfires; WRF ARW

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BURNING; FOREST FIRES; HYSPLIT; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; PM10; WILDFIRES; WRF-ARW;

COBALT; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; FOREST FIRE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WILDFIRE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEATHER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALICIA [SPAIN]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84859908643     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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