Seasonal evolution of suspended particles around a large coal-fired power station: Chemical characterization

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 719-731

  Querol, Xavier ^a   Alastuey, Andrés ^a   Puicercus, José A ^a   Mantilla, Enrique ^b   Ruiz, Carmen R ^c   Lopez Soler, Angel ^a   Plana, Felicià ^a   Juan, Roberto ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Basin; Neutralization of secondary pollutants; Nitrate; Seasonal variations; Sulphate; Total suspended particles

Indexed keywords

SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SECONDARY POLLUTANTS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES (TSP);

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM SULFATE; CHLORIDE ION; COAL; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL-FIRED POWER STATION; SEASONALITY; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EUROPE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032006208     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00340-3     Document Type: Article

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