PM10 and PM2.5 composition over the Central Black Sea: origin and seasonal variability

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 18076-18092

  Kocak M ^a   Mihalopoulos, N ^b,c   Tutsak, E ^a   Theodosi, C ^b   Zarmpas, P ^b   Kalegeri, P ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mass closure; Natural and anthropogenic exceedances; PM10; PM2.5; The Black Sea

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; METAL; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUARTZ; SEA SALT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFATE;

BLACK SEA COAST [TURKEY]; NORTH AFRICA; TURKEY;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BLACK SEA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BLACK SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84947594169     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4928-2     Document Type: Article

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