Heavy metals from pyrotechnics in New Years Eve snow

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 8616-8622

  Steinhauser, Georg ^a   Sterba, Johannes H ^a   Foster, Michaela ^a   Grass, Friedrich ^a   Bichler, Max ^a  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Barium; INAA; Precipitation; Scavenging; Snow wash out; Strontium; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BARIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; METAL REFINING; NITRATES; SMOKE; SNOW; STRONTIUM;

BARIUM CONCENTRATIONS; BARIUM NITRATES; COLORING AGENTS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS; INAA; LOCAL SCALES; PRECIPITATION; SMALL AREAS; WET DEPOSITION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ARSENIC; BARIUM; HEAVY METAL; SNOW; STRONTIUM;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARIUM; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SNOW; STRONTIUM; WET DEPOSITION;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 54549109930     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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