A 14-year measurement of toxic elements in atmospheric particulates in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2008

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 553-560

  Nie, Wei ^a,b,c   Wang, Tao ^a,b   Ding, Aijun ^c   Zhou, Xuehua ^a   Wang, Wenxing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

air masses; increasing trends; long distance sources; seasonal variations; toxic elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887334597     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0523-2     Document Type: Article

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