Air quality across a European hotspot: Spatial gradients, seasonality, diurnal cycles and trends in the Veneto region, NE Italy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 576, Issue , 2017, Pages 210-224

  Masiol, Mauro ^a,b   Squizzato, Stefania ^a,c   Formenton, Gianni ^d   Harrison, Roy M ^b   Agostinelli, Claudio ^e  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d Azienda Regionale Per la Prevenzione e Protezione Ambientale del Veneto (ARPAV)   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Nitrogen oxides; Particulate matter; Trends; Veneto

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DIGITAL STORAGE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN GROWTH;

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; EMISSION INVENTORIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TRENDS; VENETO;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONALITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; ITALY; NITROGEN PARTITIONING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; WEATHER;

ITALY; VENETO;

EID: 84994056624     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.042     Document Type: Article

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