Spatio-temporal aerosol trace metal concentrations and sources in the Levantine Basin of the Eastern Mediterranean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2133-2144

  Kocak M ^a   Nimmo, M ^b   Kubilay, N ^a   Herut, B ^c  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Levantine Basin; Marine aerosol; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; IRON;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRACE METALS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DESERT; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WINTER;

LEVANTINE BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 1842509964     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.01.020     Document Type: Article

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