Temporal and spatial variations of particulate matter and gaseous pollutants in the urban area of Tehran

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 141, Issue , 2016, Pages 443-453

  Alizadeh Choobari, O ^a   Bidokhti, A A ^a   Ghafarian, P ^b   Najafi, M S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality; Boundary layer; Gaseous pollutants; Particulate matter; Tehran

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FOG; POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEHRAN; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; URBAN AREA;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84989873793     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.07.003     Document Type: Article

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