Composition and mass closure of PM2.5 in urban environment (Athens, Greece)

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-82

  Remoundaki, E ^a   Kassomenos, P ^b   Mantas, E ^a   Mihalopoulos, N ^c   Tsezos, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dust; Elemental carbon; Mass closure; Organic matter; Secondary inorganic aerosol

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; ANTHROPOGENIC COMPONENTS; ATHENS , GREECE; CARBONACEOUS COMPOUNDS; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; DUST TRANSPORT; ELEMENTAL CARBON; IONIC BALANCE; MASS CLOSURE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SAHARAN DUST; SEA SALTS; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES; TOTAL SULFUR; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN SITE; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); SULFUR;

DUST;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84872933437     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.03.0054     Document Type: Article

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