BACKGROUND LEVELS AND LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT OF MAJOR INORGANIC COMPONENTS OF AEROSOLS OVER THE BALEARIC-ISLANDS

Authors
MATEU J FORTEZA R COLOMALTES M CERDA V
Citation
J. Mateu et al., BACKGROUND LEVELS AND LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT OF MAJOR INORGANIC COMPONENTS OF AEROSOLS OVER THE BALEARIC-ISLANDS, Journal of environmental science and health. Part A: Environmental science and engineering, 29(2), 1994, pp. 321-337
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Journal of environmental science and health. Part A: Environmental science and engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
10934529
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
321 - 337
Database
ISI
SICI code
1093-4529(1994)29:2<321:BLALTO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Aerosols collected at the Alfabia station (1100 m above sea level in M ajorca, Spain), in the North Western Mediterranean region were analyse d for major inorganic components (sulphate, nitrate, chloride, ammoniu m, calcium, sodium, magnesium and potassium). Based on the results and their statistics, the aerosols were found to contain species from thr ee different sources: marine, anthropogenic and natural. Also, the amm onium ion concentration was found to be correlated with those of sulph ate and nitrate.