Statistical distributions of trace metal concentrations in the northwestern Mediterranean atmospheric aerosol

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 9177-9189

  Robin, Thomas ^a   Guidi, Lionel ^b   Dufour, Aurélie ^c,d   Migon, Christophe ^c,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Gamma; Likelihood maximization; Lognormal; Probability distribution analysis; Trace metals; Weibull

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; METALS; POLLUTION; TRACE ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; GAMMA; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; LOG-NORMAL; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION; WEIBULL;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE];

EID: 84885475234     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3245-9     Document Type: Article

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