Saharan dust contribution to PM 10, PM 2.5 and PM 1 in urban and suburban areas of Rome: A comparison between single-particle SEM-EDS analysis and whole-sample PIXE analysis

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 732-742

  Matassoni, Luca ^a,b   Pratesi, Giovanni ^a   Centioli, Damiano ^c   Cadoni, Fabio ^c   Lucarelli, Franco ^a   Nava, Silvia ^d   Malesani, Piergiorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Prato Ricerche   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DUST; ITALY; PARTICLE INDUCED X RAY EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAHARAN DUST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEM EDS ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUST; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ROME; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 79952492523     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0em00535e     Document Type: Article

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