European atmospheric pollution imported by cooler air masses to the Eastern Mediterranean during the summer

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5198-5203

  Erel, Yigal ^a   Kalderon Asael, Boriana ^a,b   Dayan, Uri ^a   Sandler, Amir ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOTOPES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COOLING SYSTEMS; LEAD; ZINC;

COOLER AIR MASSES; SUMMER MONTHS;

AIR POLLUTION; COPPER;

COPPER; ISOTOPE; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOTOPES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WESTERLY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUMMER;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEASONS;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AVERAGE VALUES; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; JERUSALEM; MAJOR METAL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; PB ISOTOPES; PERSIAN GULF; PERSIANS; SUBTROPICAL RIDGE; SUMMER MONTHS; WESTERLY WINDS;

EID: 34547700208     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062247n     Document Type: Article

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