Search for dissertations about: "Mount Kenya"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Mount Kenya.

  2. 1. Studies of tropospheric aerosols at selected sites in Kenya

    Author : Michael James Gatari; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; environment; vehicular emissions; Mount Kenya; Nairobi; human health; air pollution; carbonaceous aerosols;

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  4. 2. Studies of atmospheric aerosols and development of an Energy Dispersive X-ray Flourescence spectrometer in Kenya

    Author : Michael J Gatari; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mount Kenya; Nairobi; atmospheric aerosols; EDXRF; biomass burning; human health; middle troposphere;

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  5. 3. Airborne particulate matter in a Sub-Saharan Africa city: Nairobi, Kenya, and at an Equatorial high altitude site: Mount Kenya

    Author : Samuel Mwaniki Gaita; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; X-ray Fluorescence XRF ; Particle Induced X-ray Emission PIXE ; Particulate matter pollutants; Source apportionment; sub-Saharan Africa; Deposition fractions; High- altitude; Free troposphere; Spatial distribution;

    Abstract : In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), air quality is gravely understudied despite the existing influential factors such a rapid urbanization and population growth that negatively affect the environment. Majority of urban areas in SSA face challenges that include lack of social services, poor infrastructure development, exponential increase of second-hand vehicles and extensive use of biomass-based fuel for energy needs. READ MORE

  6. 4. Late quaternary equatorial glacier fluctuations

    Author : Gunhild Rosqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; naturgeografi; Physical Geography;

    Abstract : On several occasions during the Quaternary, climate permitted equatorial glaciers to advance significantly. In East Africa, where the highest mountains of the African continent are located, evidence of three pre-Weichselian glaciations on Kilimanjaro, and two on Mount Kenya and Ruwenzori were recognized. READ MORE