• openAccess   Air quality comparison between two European ceramic tile clusters 

      Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Monfort, Eliseo; Escrig, Alberto; Celades López, Irina; Guerra, L.; Busani, G.; Sterni, A.; Querol, Xavier Elsevier (2013-08)
      The European ceramic tile industry is mostly concentrated in two clusters, one in Castelló (Spain) and another one in Modena (Italy). Industrial clusters may have problems to accomplish the EU air quality regulations because ...
    • closedAccess   Effect of ceramic industrial particulate emission control on key components of ambient PM10 

      Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Monfort, Eliseo; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Celades López, Irina; Miró, José Vicente Elsevier (2009)
      The relationship between specific particulate emission control and ambient levels of some PM10 components (Zn, As, Pb, Cs, Tl) was evaluated. To this end, the industrial area of Castellón (Eastern Spain) was selected, where ...
    • openAccess   El material particulat a l’atmosfera de la Plana 

      Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Querol, Xavier; Monfort, Eliseo; Miró, José Vicente; Felis, Carlos Agrupació Borrianenca de Cultura (2008)
      Els nivells de material particulat atmosfèric són indicadors clau de la qualitat de l’aire. Existeixen directives europees i lleis espanyoles, basades en motius de salut, que fixen els valors objectius anuals per a alguns ...
    • closedAccess   Impact of fugitive emissions in ambient PM levels and composition. A case study in Southeast Spain 

      Santacatalina, Milagros; Reche, Cristina; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Escrig, Alberto; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Carratalá, Adoración; Nicolás, José.F; Yubero, Eduardo; Crespo, Javier; Alastuey, Andres; Monfort, Eliseo; Miró, José Vicente; Querol, Xavier Elsevier (2010)
      The results of this study show the high impact that anthropogenic fugitive emissions of mineral dust have on air quality (levels of PM<sub>10</sub>, PM<sub>2.5</sub> and some metals) in a region in SE Spain named L'Alacantí. ...
    • closedAccess   Inter-comparison of receptor models for PM source apportionment: Case study in an industrial area 

      Viana, Marcelo; Pandolfi, Monica; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Monfort, Eliseo; Celades López, Irina Elsevier (2008)
      Receptor modelling techniques are used to identify and quantify the contributions from emission sources to the levels and major and trace components of ambient particulate matter (PM). A wide variety of receptor models ...
    • closedAccess   Receptor models application to multi-year ambient PM10 measurements in an industrialized ceramic area: comparison of source apportionment results 

      Pandolfi, Monica; Viana, Marcelo; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Amato, F.; Celades López, Irina; Escrig, Alberto; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2008-12)
      Ambient PM10 data collected in one of the largest industrialized ceramic areas of Europe were used to study similarities and differences in the source apportionment results from three widespread receptor models: chemical ...
    • openAccess   Spatial and temporal variations in airborne particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) across Spain 1999–2005 

      Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Moreno, T.; Viana, Marcelo; Castillo, S.; Pey, J.; Rodríguez, S.; Artiñano, B.; Salvador, P.; Sánchez, M. M.; García Dos Santos, S.; Herce Garraleta, M. D.; Fernández Patier, R.; Moreno Grau, S.; Negral, L.; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Monfort, Eliseo; Sanz, M. J.; Palomo Martín, R.; Pinilla Gil, E.; Cuevas, E.; De la Rosa, J.; Sánchez de la Campa, Ana María (2008-06)
      Average ranges of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) concentrations and chemical composition in Spain show significant variations across the country, with current PM10 levels at several industrial and traffic hotspots ...
    • closedAccess   Variations in vanadium, nickel and lanthanoid element concentrations in urban air 

      Moreno, T.; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; De la Rosa, J.; Sánchez de la Campa, Ana María; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Pandolfi, Monica; González Castanedo, Yolanda; Monfort, Eliseo; Gibbons, Wes Elsevier (2010)
      The emission of trace metal pollutants by industry and transport takes place on a scale large enough to alter atmospheric chemistry and results in measurable differences between the urban background of inhalable particulate ...