Water-soluble ions and trace elements in surface snow and their potential source regions across northeastern China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-65

  Wang, Xin ^a   Pu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xueying ^a   Ren, Yong ^a   Huang, Jianping ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enrichment factors; Seasonal snow; Trace elements; Water soluble ions

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHLORINE; FLUORINE; FUELS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; IONS; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); NICKEL; SNOW; SURVEYS; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CHEMICAL SPECIES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POTENTIAL SOURCE REGIONS; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ASPARTIC ACID; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FLUORINE; FOSSIL FUEL; ION; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM ION; SNOW; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT; VALINE;

AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ION; SNOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LAND USE; LATITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84929472584     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.012     Document Type: Article

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