Impact of urban pollution emitted in Warsaw on aerosol properties

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-28

  Zawadzka, O ^a   Markowicz, K M ^a   Pietruczuk, A ^b   Zielinski, T ^c   Jaroslawski, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Aerosol optical thickness; CIMEL; Microtops; MODIS; Particulate matter; PM10; Sun photometer; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; CIMEL; MICROTOPS; MODIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUN PHOTOMETERS; URBAN POLLUTIONS;

PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN POLLUTION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; TRAFFIC; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URBAN AREA;

MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

EID: 84871979365     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.11.065     Document Type: Article

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