Acronyms
AAS
Atomic absorption spectroscopy
AMS
Albanian moss survey
BC
Background concentration
C i
Concentration of the “ith” element
CVAAS
Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry
DW
Dry weight
ENAA
Epithermal neutron activation analysis
ETAAS
Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry
EWMA
Exponentially weighted moving average
FA
Factor analysis
FPM
Fine particulate matter
GIS
Geographic information system
ICP-AES Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry
INAA
Instrumental neutron activation analysis
L i
Individual loading of element i
LRTP
Long-range transport of pollutant
MB
Moss biomonitoring
NBC
National background concentration
NC
Normalized concentration
PM
Particulate matters
SSM
Space series model
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