Air quality assessment of Estarreja, an urban industrialized area, in a coastal region of Portugal

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 5847-5860

  Figueiredo, M L ^a   Monteiro, A ^a   Lopes, M ^a   Ferreira, J ^a   Borrego, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air pollution episodes; Air quality; Industry and traffic emissions; Ozone; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION; AIR POLLUTION EPISODES; AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPLEX NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; OZONE; POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84878730918     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2989-y     Document Type: Article

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