Elemental and individual particle analysis of atmospheric aerosols from high Himalayas

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 160, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 323-335

  Cong, Zhiyuan ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a   Dong, Shuping ^b   Liu, Xiande ^c   Qin, Dahe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b National Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurements   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Chemical composition; Himalayas; Individual particle analysis; SEM EDX

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES; CALCIUM SULFATE; CENTRAL ASIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONCENTRATION OF; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HIGH ALTITUDE; HIMALAYAS; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; MINERAL DUST; SAMPLING SITE; SEM-EDX; TAR BALLS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SILICATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; DUST; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SODIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SILICATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ENRICHMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VANADIUM; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ALTITUDE; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; INDIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERAL DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM YIELD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOOT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALTITUDE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST;

EID: 74349104355     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0698-3     Document Type: Article

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