@article {Kassomenos19991861,
	title = {{\textquoteright}Air-quality indicators{\textquoteright} for uniform indexing of atmospheric pollution over large metropolitan areas},
	journal = {Atmospheric Environment},
	volume = {33},
	number = {12},
	year = {1999},
	note = {cited By (since 1996)40},
	pages = {1861-1879},
	publisher = {Elsevier Science Ltd},
	abstract = {National and international authorities recommend a variety of air- quality standards that should not be exceeded in local and regional scales currently. With this work a uniform indexing scale is introduced which characterises several urban pollutants in a simple and comparable manner. The {\textquoteright}indicators{\textquoteright} proposed are implemented at the Athens Metropolitan Area (AMA) which is an area with serious pollution problems. Hourly data from all available monitoring stations are analysed during 1983 and 1995. This analysis demonstrates that the status of air quality in Athens can be characterised as acute with regards to photochemical pollutants while strong spatial and temporal variability is encountered for all pollutants. National and international authorities recommend a variety of air-quality standards that should not be exceeded in local and regional scales currently. With this work a uniform indexing scale is introduced which characterizes several urban pollutants in a simple and comparable manner. The {\textquoteleft}indicators{\textquoteright} proposed are implemented at the Athens Metropolitan Area (AMA) which is an area with serious pollution problems. Hourly data from all available monitoring stations are analyzed during 1983 and 1995. This analysis demonstrates that the status of air quality in Athens can be characterized as acute with regards to photochemical pollutants while strong spatial and temporal variability is encountered for all pollutants.},
	keywords = {Air pollution, Air quality, air quality standard, Air-quality indicators, article, atmospheric pollution, city, Greece, Photochemical reactions, pollution monitoring, priority journal, Standards, urban area, urban atmosphere, Urban pollution assessment},
	issn = {13522310},
	doi = {10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00355-0},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033152485\&partnerID=40\&md5=f01e92001e808311b29b2b2259c1fd02},
	author = {Kassomenos, P.a and Skouloudis, A.N.b and Lykoudis, S.a and Flocas, H.A.a}
}
