Aerosol behaviour on the South African Highveld

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 3497-3509

  Scheifinger, H ^a   Held, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Technol Research and Investigations   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Chlorides; Fluorides; Nitrates; Phosphates; Southern Hemisphere; Sulfates; Synoptic scale transport

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SYNOPTIC SCALE TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; NITRATE; SULPHATE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; FILTER; INDUSTRIAL AREA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUMMER; WEATHER; WINTER;

SOUTH AFRICA, HIGHVELD;

EID: 0031282374     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00217-3     Document Type: Article

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