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Correlation of trace element content in air particulates with solar meteorological data in the atmosphere of Athens

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In this paper, the relation between the trace element content in air particulates and solar meteorological data in the atmospheric environment of Athens, Greece, was studied. For this purpose, Sm, Br, As, Na, K, La, Ce, Cr, Ag, Sc, Fe, Zn, Co, Sb, Th were determined by INAA in respirable aerosols collected during winter 1993-1994. The results showed that the average cloudiness, sunshine, and the total solar radiation (sun and sky) on a horizontal surface, (3 variables) have no relation with trace element variation. However, diffuse solar radiation (sun and sky) on a horizontal surface seems to have statistically significant relationship with some of the trace element variation. It forms a single component with some trace elements after the application of the factor analysis. The increase of the same solar variable in the Athens City center, is one of the factors which cannot permit the emission of trace elements in the atmospheric environment from dust soil and car tires.

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  1. Trace Element Analysis Laboratory, Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Center for Scientific Research ‘DEMOKRITOS’, Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Athens, 153 10, Greece

    G. D. Kanias & A. P. Grimanis

  2. Directorate of Air and Noise Pollution Control, Hellenic Ministry of Environment, Patission 147, Athens, 112 51, Greece

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Kanias, G.D., Viras, L.G. & Grimanis, A.P. Correlation of trace element content in air particulates with solar meteorological data in the atmosphere of Athens. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 256, 451–463 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024543531056

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