A five-year observation of atmospheric metals on Ulleung Island in the East/Japan Sea: Temporal variability and source identification

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 4252-4262

  Kang, Jeongwon ^a   Choi, Man Sik ^a   Yi, Hi Il ^b   Song, Yun Ho ^a   Lee, Dongyup ^a   Cho, Ju Hye ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asian dust; Atmospheric metals; Backward trajectory; Coal burning; East Sea; Japan Sea; Ulleung Island

Indexed keywords

ASIAN DUST; ATMOSPHERIC METALS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; COAL BURNING; EAST SEA; JAPAN SEA; ULLEUNG ISLAND;

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CADMIUM; COAL DUST; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; POLLUTION; SOILS; TIN; VANADIUM; ZINC;

COPPER;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; TETRAETHYLLEAD; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AEROSOL; ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL; COBALT; DUST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IRON; MASS MOVEMENT; SEA SALT; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUTUMN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUST; EAST SEA; JAPAN SEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 80955181099     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.083     Document Type: Article

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