Prediction of sources of metal pollution in rainwater in Istanbul, Turkey using factor analysis and long-range transport models

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Uygur, Nihan ^a   Karaca, Ferhat ^a   Alagha, Omar ^b  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Backward trajectory; Enrichment factor; Factor analysis; GFAAS; Heavy metal; PSCF; Rainwater composition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; CRUSTAL ENRICHMENT; EIGENVALUES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; GRAPHITE FURNACES; INDUSTRIAL ZONES; ISTANBUL; ISTANBUL , TURKEY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; METAL POLLUTION; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION MODELS; RAINWATER SAMPLES; SOURCE REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL; WATERSHED AREAS;

ABSORPTION; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GRAPHITE; LEAD; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; RAIN; SAMPLING; SMELTING; SODIUM; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EIGENVALUE; ENRICHMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; PREDICTION; RAINWATER; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAJECTORY;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 70849124018     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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