Some aspects of air pollution in Buenos Aires city

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 365-378

  Mazzeo, Nicolás A ^a,b   Venegas, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air pollution climatology; Air quality; Atmospheric stability; Buenos Aires; Dispersion modelling; Mixing height; Urban air pollution; Urban street canyon; Wind flow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA; WIND FLOW;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; MODELING; STREET CANYON; URBAN POLLUTION; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CITY; CLIMATE; DISPERSION MODEL; INDUSTRIAL SOURCE COMPLEX DISPERSION MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODEL; WIND;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [FEDERAL DISTRICT]; FEDERAL DISTRICT [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9644275254     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2004.005675     Document Type: Article

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