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A recently developed data presentation technique, the rectangular wind frequency isopleth diagram, has been applied to examine the effect of wind speed and direction, acting simultaneously, on ambient air negative ion densities. The large negative ion concentration decreases in the majority of directions and wind speed intervals, while that of the small ions increases, as the wind speed increases. The local maxima and minima, occurring in some sectors, are properly discussed.
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Zambakas, J.D. A simultaneous interpretation, by wind speed and direction, of ambient air negative ion density in Athens, Greece. PAGEOPH 120, 691–697 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00876654
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