Time series analysis of air pollutants in Beirut, Lebanon

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8203-8213

  Farah, Wehbeh ^a   Nakhlé, Myriam Mrad ^a,b   Abboud, Maher ^a   Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^b   Zaarour, Rita ^a   Saliba, Nada ^a   Germanos, Georges ^a   Gerard, Jocelyne ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality; Carbon monoxide; Continuous emission monitoring; PM10< inf>

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AUTOCORRELATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; STORMS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; BEIRUT , LEBANON; CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORING; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; LEBANON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEATHER;

BEIRUT; BEYROUTH; LEBANON;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEBANON; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84926660480     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3998-9     Document Type: Article

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