Source assessment of particulate air pollutants measured at the southwest European coast

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3309-3320

  Pio, Casimiro A ^a   Castro, Luis M ^a   Cerqueira, Mário A ^a   Santos, Isabel M ^a   Belchior, Filipa ^a   Salgueiro, Maria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Maritime aerosol; Principal Component Analysis; Trace elements; Water soluble ions

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMBUSTION; DRUG TOXICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; COMBUSTION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEA SPRAY; TRACE GAS;

PORTUGAL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON BLACK; COASTAL ZONES; IONS; MASS TRANSFER; METALLURGY; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AIR MASS; AIR POLLUTANTS; MARITIME AEROSOL; MASS LOADING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER SOLUBLE IONS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 0030251179     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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