Seasonal behaviours in elemental composition of atmospheric aerosols collected in Islamabad, Pakistan

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 210-223

  Shah, Munir H ^a   Shaheen, Nazia ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Enrichment; Multivariate analysis; Seasonal variation; Trace element

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLERS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CORRELATION STUDIES; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENRICHMENT; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ISLAMABAD; ISLAMABAD , PAKISTAN; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTUAL CORRELATIONS; NATURAL SOURCES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL SOURCES; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DECISION MAKING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SODIUM; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM; ZINC;

STRONTIUM;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ISLAMABAD [PAKISTAN]; PAKISTAN;

EID: 73949127419     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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