A validation of back trajectories of air masses by principal component analysis of ion concentrations in cloud water

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 295-300

  Deininger, C K ^a   Saxena, V K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air masses; Cloud water; Ion concentrations; Principal component analysis; Source analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID; CALCIUM ION; INORGANIC SALT; ION; SULFURIC ACID;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIR; CLOUDS; POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD WATER; HYSPLIT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD WATER CHEMISTRY; HYBRID SINGLE PARTICLE LAGRANGIAN INTEGRATED TRAJECTORIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 0030617363     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00152-5     Document Type: Article

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