Current trends in the use of models for source apportionment of air pollutants in Europe

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 50, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 363-375

  Fragkou, Evangelia ^a   Douros, Ioannis ^a   Moussiopoulos, Nicolas ^a   Belis, Claudio A ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollutants; FAIRMODE; Forum for Air Quality Modelling in Europe; Receptor models; dispersion models; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS;

AIR QUALITY MODELLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; DISPERSION MODELS; FAIRMODE; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPLIANCE; DISPERSION; EUROPEAN UNION; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; DISPERSION; EUROPE; MASS BALANCE ANALYSIS; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORISATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84871731769     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: 17415101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051207     Document Type: Article

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