Atmospheric mineral dust and trace metals over urban environment in western India during winter

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 923-933

  Sudheer, A K ^a   Rengarajan, R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Mineral dust; PM10; PM2.5; Positive matrix factorization; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC MINERAL DUST; BIOMASS-BURNING; COARSE FRACTIONS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FINE-MODE PARTICLES; MINERAL DUST; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SAMPLING LOCATION; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SOURCE REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN LOCATIONS; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

DUST; LEAD; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMASS BURNING; CADMIUM; DUST; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEAD; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; RESUSPENSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WINTER; ZINC;

AHMEDABAD; GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84866458755     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.12.0237     Document Type: Article

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