Author(s)

W. Maenhaut, F. Kohl, R.E. Hillamo and I. Allegrini

Abstract

Detailed Size Distributions of Aerosol Species and Elements during the 1995 Summer Field Campaign near Rome A contribution to subproject AEROSOL W Maenhaut', F. Kohl', RE Hillamo' and I. Allegrinf * Institute for Nuclear Sciences, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000 Gent, Belgium ^Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sahaajankatu 20 E, FIN-00810 Helsinki, Finland *CNR Institute for Atmospheric Pollution, I-00016MonterotondoScalo (RM), Italy Introduction Four different types of cascade impactors were used to collect size- differentiated aerosol samples during a 1995 summer field campaign near Rome, and the samples were analysed by particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) or ion chromatography (1C). The objectives of the study were to examine how the size distribution data for various species and elements, as derived from the four impactor types, compare with each other and to obtain information on the source pro

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