Characterization, source identification and aportionment of selected metals in TSP in an urban atmosphere

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 573-587

  Shah, Munir H ^a   Shaheen, N ^a   Jaffar, M ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Airborne metals; FAAS; Islamabad; Multivariate analysis; TSP; Urban atmosphere

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE METALS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE (TSP) SAMPLES; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METALS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

METEOROLOGY;

CADMIUM; CELLULOSE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOFILTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALLURGY; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WIND;

AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISLAMABAD [PAKISTAN]; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645809371     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-4940-6     Document Type: Article

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