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Airborne 210Pb, Si, Zn and Pb as tracers for atmospheric pollution in Helsinki metropolitan area.
Ioannidou, Eleftheria; Papagiannis, Stefanos; Manousakas, Manousos Ioannis; Vestenius, Mika; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Paatero, Jussi; Papadopoulou, Lambrini; Ioannidou, Alexandra.
Afiliação
  • Ioannidou E; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Physics, Nuclear Physics & Elementary Particle Physics Division, Thessaloniki, 54 124, Greece. Electronic address: eleioann@physics.auth.gr.
  • Papagiannis S; Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, INRASTES, NCSR Demokritos, 15310, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece; Institue of Nuclear and Particle Physics, NCSR Demokritos, 15310, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
  • Manousakas MI; Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, INRASTES, NCSR Demokritos, 15310, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece; Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland.
  • Vestenius M; Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Observation Services, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Eleftheriadis K; Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, INRASTES, NCSR Demokritos, 15310, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece.
  • Paatero J; Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Observation Services, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Papadopoulou L; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Geology, Thessaloniki, 54 124, Greece.
  • Ioannidou A; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Physics, Nuclear Physics & Elementary Particle Physics Division, Thessaloniki, 54 124, Greece.
Appl Radiat Isot ; 206: 111252, 2024 Apr.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38422941
ABSTRACT
This study analyzed 16070 daily and 608 weekly air filter samples from the Helsinki metropolitan area collected between 1962 and 2005. The aim was to use the Potential Source Contribution Function (PSCF) to determine potential sources of silicon (Si), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), and radioactive isotope 210Pb. The main sources for Si and Pb were industrial activities, particularly mining, metal industry, and traffic. Common source areas for Zn and 210Pb were identified in the eastern and southeastern parts of the measuring site.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article