Three-year determination of trace metals and the lead isotope ratio in rain and snow depositions collected in Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 26, 2000, Pages 4525-4535

  Takeda, Kazuhiko ^a   Marumoto, Kouji ^a   Minamikawa, Tomomi ^a   Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^a   Fujiwara, Kitao ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long range transport; Northeastern Asia; Trace elements; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; LEAD DEPOSITS; SNOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

KOSA PHENOMENON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); TRACE METALS; WET DEPOSITION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

LEAD; RAIN; SNOW; TRACE METAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ISOTOPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; JAPAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HIGASHIHIRASHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 0034596295     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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