Water-soluble ionic composition of aerosols at urban location in the foothills of Himalaya, Pokhara Valley, Nepal

Atmosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Tripathee, Lekhendra ^a,b,c   Kang, Shichang ^a,d   Rupakheti, Dipesh ^e   Zhang, Qianggong ^d,e   Huang, Jie ^e   Sillanpää, Mika ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Himalayan Environment Research Institute (HERI)   (Nepal)

^d CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic aerosols; Monsoon; Nepal; Source; TSP; Water soluble inorganic ions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; MONSOON; NEPAL; SOURCE; WATER SOLUBLE INORGANIC IONS;

LANDFORMS;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IONIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; POKHARA VALLEY;

EID: 84983739202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos7080102     Document Type: Article

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