Simultaneous PM 10 and PM 2 .5 sampling was conducted for a six months period, at two sites of different characteristics. The first site was located in an urban background location in the North-Eastern part of GAA, affected by primary emission sources and particle transport from other parts of the...

The analysis of the PM10 particle measurements at the two major urban areas of Greece, Athens and Thessaloniki, showed that the mean monthly PM10 concentrations at the central urban stations, are on the average about twice as high than the corresponding ones at the examined peripheral stations. The...