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Mendoza (33°S, 68°W) is a city of 885,000 inhabitants, located on the east side of the Andes mountains (750 m.a.n.s.l.). Due to its orographic and meteorological conditions this city faces increasing air pollution.
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Puliafito, E., Puliafito, C., Quero, J., Guerreiro, P. (1998). Airborne Pollutants from Mobile Sources for the City of Mendoza, Argentina. In: Breuste, J., Feldmann, H., Uhlmann, O. (eds) Urban Ecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88583-9_16
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