Atmospheric trace elements in Ankara, Turkey: 1. factors affecting chemical composition of fine particles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1305-1318

  Yatin, Mustafa ^a   Tuncel, Semra ^a   Aras, Namik K ^a   Olmez, Ilhan ^b   Aygun, Sezer ^a   Tuncel, Gurdal ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air pollution; Meteorology; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUELS; METEOROLOGY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AIR POLLUTION;

TRACE ELEMENT;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; TRACE ELEMENT;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANKARA; TURKEY;

EID: 0033952369     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00297-0     Document Type: Article

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