The chemical composition of tropospheric aerosols and their contributing sources to a continental background site in northern Zimbabwe from 1994 to 2000

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2644-2659

  Nyanganyura, Daniel ^a,b   Maenhaut, Willy ^c   Mathuthu, Manny ^a   Makarau, Amos ^a,d   Meixner, Franz X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Meteorological Services Department   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Gent PM10 stacked filter unit; Multivariate analysis; PIXE; Principal component analysis; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CRUSTAL MATTER; GENT PM10 STACKED FILTER UNIT; PIXE; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AEROSOLS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHLORIDE ION; COBALT; COPPER; IODINE; LANTHANUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SAMARIUM; SCANDIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; THORIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; COPPER; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMELTING; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMELTER; TROPOSPHERE; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33947231671     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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