Environmental indicators for long-range atmospheric transported heavy metals based on national moss surveys
- 1 October 1996
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
- Vol. 43 (1) , 11-17
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00399567
Abstract
Environmental indicators for long-range atmospheric transported heavy metals have been developed. The indicators are based on data for Pb and Cd from national moss surveys which are performed regularly in Norway. The interpolation programme 'kriging' has been used to transform the data from irregular grids to regular grids. Contour maps have been produced, and areas above estimated background levels for Pb and Cd in mosses have been calculated. The indicators are used to characterise the atmospheric deposition of long-range atmospheric transported heavy metals and monitor the changes with time.Keywords
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