Ionic composition of lower tropospheric aerosols at a Northeastern Mediterranean site: Implications regarding sources and long-range transport

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2067-2077

  Koçak, Mustafa ^a   Kubilay, Nilgün ^a   Mihalopoulos, Nikos ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Eastern Mediterranean; Long range transport; Seasonal variation; Water soluble major ions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; IONIC COMPOSITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON; CHLORINE; HYDROGEN; ION; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FILTER; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SOLUBILITY; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; TURKEY (BIRD); WINTER;

EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 1842681848     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.01.030     Document Type: Article

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