Concentrations of trace elements in wet deposition over the central Himalayas, Nepal

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 231-238

  Tripathee, Lekhendra ^a,c,e   Kang, Shichang ^a,b   Huang, Jie ^a   Sharma, Chhatra Mani ^d,e   Sillanpää, Mika ^e   Guo, Junming ^a,c,e   Paudyal, Rukumesh ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Central Himalayas; Nepal; Seasonal variation; Trace elements; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DEPOSITION; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC WET DEPOSITION; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

URBAN GROWTH;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; FERRIC ION; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC ION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; NEPAL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84903137114     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.06.043     Document Type: Article

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