Size-resolved aerosol trace elements at a rural mountainous site in Northern China: Importance of regional transport

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 761-771

  Pan, Yuepeng ^a   Wang, Yuesi ^a   Sun, Yang ^a   Tian, Shili ^a   Cheng, Mengtian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Background; Episodes; Megacity; Size distribution; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BACKGROUND; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; EPISODES; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; MEGACITIES; POTENTIAL SOURCE REGIONS;

AEROSOLS; LEAD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; EMISSION; ENRICHMENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAJECTORY; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; METALLURGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBANIZATION; WIND;

AEROSOL; BACKGROUND; EPISODES; MEGACITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICLE SIZE; WEATHER;

CHINA; HEBEI; XINGLONG;

EID: 84880342794     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.065     Document Type: Article

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