A microscopic and chemical study of airborne coarse particles with particular reference to sea salt in chile at 30° s

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 3467-3478

  Fiebig Wittmaack, M ^a,b   Schultz, E ^c   Cordova A M ^a   Pizarro, C ^b  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coarse particles; Ionchromatography; Microscopic analysis; Passive sampling; Sea salt

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GRAVITATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

COARSE PARTICLES; IONCHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PASSIVE SAMPLING; SEA SALTS;

SEA LEVEL;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMMONIUM; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE; FRACTIONATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; SEA SALT; SEMIARID REGION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VALLEY; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHILE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SUMMER;

CERRO TOLOLO; CHILE; COQUIMBO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747251517     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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