Elemental concentrations in tropospheric and lower stratospheric air in a Northeastern region of Poland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1989-1996

  Braziewicz, Janusz ^a   Kownacka, Ludwika ^b   Majewska, Urszula ^a   Korman, Andrzej ^c  

^a JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Centralne Laboratorium Ochrony Radiologicznej Warsaw   (Poland)

^c SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air aerosols; Air radioactivity; Vertical distribution; XRF method

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LEAD; RADIUM; SOILS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS;

TROPOSPHERE;

BROMINE; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURE; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FILTER; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 1642504220     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.12.035     Document Type: Article

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