Chemical composition of the fine and coarse fraction of aerosols in the northeastern Mediterranean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 7351-7368

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

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Dust; Fine and coarse mode; Northeastern Mediterranean; Sources

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; DUST; FOSSIL FUELS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CATION DEFICIENCY; MINERAL DUSTS; WATER SOLUBLE IONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MESYLIC ACID; NICKEL; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MINERAL DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHEAST);

EID: 34748921667     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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