Behaviour of airborne lead and temporal variations of its source effects in Geneva (Switzerland): Comparison of anthropogenic versus natural processes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 959-971

  Chiaradia, Massimo ^a   Cupelin, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Dept l'Interieur l'Agric l'E ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lead aerosols; Lead isotopes; Lead source modeling; Wind dilution

Indexed keywords

COAL; GASOLINE; ISOTOPE; LEAD;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LEAD; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWITZERLAND;

SWITZERLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WASTE INCINERATION; WIND EFFECTS;

ISOTOPIC MIXING EQUATIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0033622888     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00213-7     Document Type: Article

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