Sources of Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb in rainwater at a subtropical islet offshore northern Taiwan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1919-1928

  Cheng, Miao Ching ^a   You, Chen Feng ^a   Lin, Fei Jan ^b   Huang, Kuo Fang ^a,c   Chung, Chuan Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Pb isotopes; Principal component analysis; Rainwater

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; DISSOLVED METALS; HEAVY METAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOCAL EMISSIONS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIXING MODELS; NORTHERN TAIWAN; OIL COMBUSTION; PB ISOTOPES; POLLUTANT SOURCES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RAINWATER; RAINWATER SAMPLES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SUMMER MONSOON; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WINTER MONSOON;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BARIUM; CADMIUM; DUST; IRON ORE SINTER; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUBIDIUM; SEAWATER; SINTERING; ZINC;

COPPER;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; OIL; RAIN; RUBIDIUM; ZINC;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RAINWATER; SEAWATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC; WATER SAMPLING; WIND;

CHINA; SHANGHAI; TAIWAN;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 79952252162     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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