Evaluation of trace elements contamination in cloud/fog water at an elevated mountain site in Northern China

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 531-541

  Liu, Xiao Huan ^a,b   Wai, Ka Ming ^c   Wang, Yan ^b   Zhou, Jie ^b   Li, Peng Hui ^d   Guo, Jia ^e   Xu, Peng Ju ^b   Wang, Wen Xing ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air mass; Cloud fog water; Mt. Tai; Principal Component Analysis; Trace element

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DUST; LIQUIDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; STEELMAKING; STORMS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AIR MASS; BACK-TRAJECTORY MODELS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MT. TAI; NORTHERN CHINA PLAINS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS CONTAMINATIONS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; LEAD; STEEL; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACIDITY; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARSENIC; CLOUD WATER; DUST STORM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELEVATION; FOG; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RAINWATER; SATELLITE DATA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOG; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; MOUNTAINEERING; PH; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SHANDONG; TAI SHAN;

EID: 84861195245     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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