Long-term analysis of NO, NO 2 and O 3 concentrations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 316-326

  Melkonyan, Ani ^a   Kuttler, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution trends; Diurnal and weekly cycles; NO x limited regimes; Ozone formation; VOC limited regimes

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AVERAGE VALUES; BIOGENIC VOCS; CATALYTIC FILTER; DIURNAL AND WEEKLY CYCLES; DIURNAL CYCLE; ECONOMIC OUTPUT; ENVIRONMENTAL STATE; GERMANY; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; IN-VEHICLE; LONG TERM ANALYSIS; NO CONCENTRATION; NO EMISSIONS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE FORMATION; OZONE PRECURSORS; OZONE PRODUCTION; OZONE-FORMING POTENTIAL; POLLUTION LEVEL; PRIMARY POLLUTANTS; SECONDARY PEAK; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TIME TRENDS; TRAFFIC NETWORKS; TURNING POINTS; URBAN AREAS; VOC-LIMITED REGIMES;

AIR QUALITY; INDUSTRY; OZONE; POLLUTION;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

FUEL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FILTER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTION POLICY; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SMOG; TEMPORAL CYCLE; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FILTER; GERMANY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOG; SUMMER; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 84864131473     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.048     Document Type: Article

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