Stable isotope analysis for characterization of pollutants at high elevation alpine sites

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 4075-4085

  Pichlmayer, Friedrich ^a   Schöner, Wolfgang ^b   Seibert, Petra ^c   Stichler, Willibald ^d   Wagenbach, Dietmar ^e  

^a Osterreichisches F   (Austria)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air pollution; Alps; Back trajectories; Carbon; Isotopes; Nitrogen; Pre industrial; Snow; Source regions; Sulfur; 13C; 15N; 34S

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SNOW; SULFUR;

STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON 13; HYDROGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN; SNOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFUR 34; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; EUROPE; MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0344074483     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00405-6     Document Type: Article

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