Spatial attribution of sulfate and dust aerosol sources in an urban area using receptor modeling coupled with Lagrangian trajectories

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 346-353

  Chalbot, Marie Cecile ^a,b   Lianou, Maria ^a   Vei, Ino Christina ^a   Kotronarou, Anastasia ^a   Kavouras, Ilias G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Road dust; Sea salt; Shipping emissions; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882754961     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2013.039     Document Type: Article

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