Origins of 210Po in the atmosphere at Lamto, Ivory Coast: Biomass burning and Saharan dusts

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3705-3714

  Nho, E Y ^a   Ardouin, B ^a   Le Cloarec, M F ^a   Ramonet, M ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb; 210Po; 222Rn; Aerosol residence time; Backtrajectories; Biomass burning; Black carbon; Saharan soil dust

Indexed keywords

LEAD 210; POLONIUM; RADON 222;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COTE D'IVOIRE; DESERT; DUST; FIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CARBON BLACK; COMBUSTION; DUST; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAD; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; SOILS;

AEROSOL RESIDENCE TIME; BACKTRAJECTORIES; BIOMASS BURNING; IVORY COAST; SAHARAN SOIL DUST;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL RESIDENCE TIME; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOMASS BURNING; LEAD; POLONIUM; RADON; TRAJECTORY;

COTE D'IVOIRE, LAMTO;

EID: 0030274173     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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