Trends and sources vs air mass origins in a major city in South-western Europe: Implications for air quality management

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 553, Issue , 2016, Pages 305-315

  Fernandez Camacho R ^a   de la Rosa, J D ^a,b   Sanchez de la Campa A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b University of Huelva ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Air masses; Saharan dust outbreaks; Source contribution; Traffic; Trend

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DUST; FOG; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS; SAHARAN DUST; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; TREND;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TREND STUDY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANDALUCIA; SAHARA; SEVILLA; SEVILLE; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SPAIN;

EID: 84959177411     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.079     Document Type: Article

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