Variability of levels and composition of PM 10 and PM 2.5 in the Barcelona metro system

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5055-5076

  Querol, X ^a   Moreno, T ^a   Karanasiou, A ^a   Reche, C ^a   Alastuey, A ^a   Viana, M ^a   Font, O ^a   Gil, J ^a   De Miguel, E ^b   Capdevila, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84862139435     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5055-2012     Document Type: Article

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