Emission and long-range transport of trace elements in Europe

Jozef M. Pacyna; Arne Semb; Jan E. Hanssen

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v36i3.14886

Emission and long-range transport of trace elements in Europe

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 36 (1984): Issue 3

By: Jozef M. Pacyna, Arne Semb and Jan E. Hanssen

Open Access

|Jan 1984

Abstract

Anthropogenic emissions of several trace elements have been estimated for European countries, using appropriate emission factors and available statistical information on industrial production and energy consumption. The emission estimates are compared with measured daily air concentrations at Birkenes in Southern Norway, using a simple trajectory model for selected days, and a statistical trajectory sector analysis for the whole period August 1978-June 1979. The results show good agreement between measured and calculated concentrations for V. Mn. Cr, Cd and Pb. while air concentrations of As, Sb and Se are not fully accounted for by the emission estimates.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v36i3.14886 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 163 - 178

Submitted on: Oct 24, 1983

Accepted on: Jan 10, 1984

Published on: Jan 1, 1984

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1984 Jozef M. Pacyna, Arne Semb, Jan E. Hanssen, published by Stockholm University Press
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