PM10 concentration levels at an urban and background site in Cyprus: The impact of urban sources and dust storms

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1352-1360

  Achilleos, Souzana ^a   Evans, John S ^b   Yiallouros, Panayiotis K ^b   Kleanthous, Savvas ^c   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c Welfare and Social Insurance   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DUST; EMISSION CONTROL; HUMIDITY CONTROL; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; LOW WIND CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS; PM10 CONCENTRATION; TAPERED ELEMENT OSCILLATING; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS;

URBAN GROWTH;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYPRUS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HURRICANE; MINERAL DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WIND; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CITIES; CYPRUS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84923623837     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.923061     Document Type: Article

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