Strong signatures of high-latitude blocks and subtropical ridges in winter PM10 over Europe

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 167, Issue , 2017, Pages 49-60

  Garrido Perez, Jose M ^a,b   Ordóñez, Carlos ^a   García Herrera, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality; Atmospheric blocking; Particulate matter; PM10; Subtropical ridges; Synoptic meteorology

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; SUBTROPICAL RIDGE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AIR QUALITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WINTER; ZONAL FLOW;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE; EUROPE; LATITUDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS; WINTER;

GERMANY;

EID: 85026902039     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.08.004     Document Type: Article

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