Add to ORKGIn the Southeastern of France, the department of the Alpes-Maritimes is singular by contrasting terrain and is submitted to breezes and temperature inversions. The coastal urbanization contributes to the particulate matters emissions that are part of the most harmful substances to human health. Air pollution is not spread heavenly in time and space, of course. Topoclimates are one of the protagonists of air contamination within this mountainous coastal area. The focus of this thesis work is to understand why and how topoclimates have impact on the spatio-temporal variability of particle concentrations in the Southwest of the department, while considering that they are not alone to explain the concentrations. The researcher identified severa...