The development of loads of cations, anions, Cd and Pb in precipitation and of atmospheric concentrations of N-components, in Switzerland from 1988 to 2003

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 207-218

  Thöni, Lotti ^a   Seitler, Eva ^a   Meier, Markus ^b   Zürcher, Fritz ^c   Hertz, Jürg ^c  

^a FUB   (Switzerland)

^b AWEL   (Switzerland)

^c Amt für Umwelt Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Long term measurements; Nitrogen; Wet and dry deposition

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; DUST; LEAD; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; OXIDISED NITROGEN COMPONENTS; POLLUTANT EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; ANION; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CATION; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE ION; GASOLINE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; MINERAL OIL; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANION; CADMIUM; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; EMISSION; LEAD; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WET DEPOSITION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CAR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FILTER; INCINERATION; PRECIPITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SWITZERLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; CHLORIDES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; NITRATES; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SULFATES; SWITZERLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 39049127316     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9791-2     Document Type: Article

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