Temporal changes of particulate concentration in the ambient air over the city of Zahedan, Iran

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-135

  Rashki, Alireza ^a   Rautenbach, C J deW ^a   Eriksson, Patrik G ^a   Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G ^b   Gupta, Pawan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air Quality Index; Dust; Iran; Mass concentration; Particulate matter; Zahedan

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

IRAN; SISTAN VA BALUCHESTAN; ZAHEDAN;

EID: 84874390583     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-011-0152-5     Document Type: Article

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