3-year chemical composition of free tropospheric PM1 at the Mt. Cimone GAW global station - South Europe - 2165m a.s.l.

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 218-227

  Carbone, Claudio ^a,b   Decesari, Stefano ^b   Paglione, Marco ^b   Giulianelli, Lara ^b   Rinaldi, Matteo ^b   Marinoni, Angela ^b   Cristofanelli, Paolo ^b   Didiodato, Attilio ^c   Bonasoni, Paolo ^b   Fuzzi, Sandro ^b   Facchini, Maria Cristina ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^c Italian Air Force Mountain Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Free troposphere; Mediterranean basin; Po Valley; Residual layers

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; LANDFORMS; SALTS; TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; PO VALLEY; RESIDUAL LAYERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; ORGANIC MATTER;

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER POLLUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EASTERN EUROPE; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERN EUROPE; WINTER;

APENNINES; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; MODENA; MOUNT CIMONE; PO BASIN;

EID: 84896861930     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.048     Document Type: Article

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