Meteorological driven changes on air quality over Portugal: A KZ filter application

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 979-989

  Sá, Elisa ^a   Tchepel, Oxana ^b   Carvalho, Anabela ^a   Borrego, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air quality; Emission mitigation measures; Filter analysis; Meteorological conditions; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954548729     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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