Elemental composition of aerosol particles under background conditions in hungary

Source identification, size distribution and indicator screening of airborne trace metals in Kanazawa, Japan

“…They can also be used to trace the origins of atmospheric pollutants over a given area. Because of this, the physical and chemical properties of aerosol particles have drawn a great attention from numerous researchers (Borbély-Kiss, Bozó, Koltay, Mészáros, Molnár, & Szabó, 1991). Trace metals are found in almost all aerosol size fractions, and their concentrations and size distributions are controlled by the nature of emissions to the atmosphere as reported by many investigators (Otten, Injuk, & Van Grieken, 1994;Ottley & Harrison, 1993;Xhoffer, Bernard, Van Grieken, & Van (der Auwera, 1991;Gysels & Van Grieken, 1999;Horvath, Kasahara, & Pesava, 1996;Migon, Journel, & Nicolas, 1997).…”

Characterization of the aerosol field over Sofia, Bulgaria, using contact and passive-remote-sensing methods and instruments

“…This is to be expected considering that Sofia is located relatively far from large sea basins, deserts, etc. (see also [7,8]), while in countries situated near deserts and surrounded by seas the aerosol mass should contain mainly marine type particulate matter and, relatively often, desert dust [5,9,10]. Certainly, extraneous aerosol events such as Saharan dust intrusions have also been observed over Sofia [11,12].…”