Chemical composition and sources of aerosol particles at Zeppelin Mountain (Ny ålesund, Svalbard): An electron microscopy study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 142-150

  Weinbruch, Stephan ^a   Wiesemann, David ^a   Ebert, Martin ^a   Schütze, Katharina ^a   Kallenborn, Roland ^b,c   Ström, Johan ^d  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Electron microscopy; Polar aerosol; Soot; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COAL-BURNING; CRUISE SHIPS; ELECTRON BOMBARDMENTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MINERAL DUST; MIXED PARTICLES; MIXING STATE; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SCANDINAVIA; SEA SALTS; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SECONDARY AEROSOLS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SULPHATES; SVALBARD;

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERICS; BALLOONS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CLIMATOLOGY; COAL ASH; DUST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; FLY ASH; HEAVY METALS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SOOT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBONIC ACID; COAL; HEAVY METAL; SILICATE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLY ASH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INORGANIC SALT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METALLURGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RESOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA SALT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLY ASH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOOT; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; ZEPPELIN STATION;

EID: 84856520574     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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