Regional dispersion of oxidized sulfur in Central Chile

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 3819-3828

  Olivares, G ^a   Gallardo, L ^a,c   Langner, J ^b   Aarhus, B ^b  

^a National Commission for the Environment   (Chile)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Central Chile; Copper smelters; Oxidized sulfur; Regional modeling

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DISPERSIONS; METEOROLOGY; MINERAL RESOURCES; OXIDATION; SMELTING; VEGETATION;

POLLUTANTS;

SULFUR;

COPPER; SULFUR OXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DISPERSION; MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SMELTING; SULFUR;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CHILE;

EID: 0036696759     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00286-8     Document Type: Article

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