Particulate pollution in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 589-601

  Guttikunda, Sarath K ^a   Lodoysamba, Sereeter ^b   Bulgansaikhan, Baldorj ^b   Dashdondog, Batdorj ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^c Institute of Meteorology   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Air quality management; ATMoS; Dispersion modeling; Emissions inventory; Health impacts; SIM air

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS; COAL; COMBUSTION; DISPERSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; MIXING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT; WINTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [MONGOLIA]; MONGOLIA; ULAANBAATAR;

EID: 84884905721     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-013-0198-7     Document Type: Article

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