Chemical composition of wet deposition in a Mediterranean site Athens, Greece related to the origin of air masses

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-179

  Nastos, Panagiotis T ^a   Alexakis, Dimitrios ^a   Kanellopoulou, Helen A ^a   Kelepertsis, Akindinos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air mass back trajectories; Discriminant analysis; Factor analysis; Major anions; Major cations; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ANION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFURIC ACID;

AIR MASS; ANION; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDUCTIVITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PH; RAINWATER; TRAJECTORY; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GREECE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WATER SAMPLING; WET DEPOSITION;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 35448993952     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-007-9085-7     Document Type: Article

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