Atmospheric formic and acetic acids in Venezuela

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1861-1873

  Sanhueza, Eugenio ^a,b   Figueroa, Luis ^a   Santana, Magaly ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Dry deposition; Formic acid; Tropical atmosphere; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; HYDROCARBON; RAIN;

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRY DEPOSITION; FOREST; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUBBER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; VENEZUELA;

ACETIC ACID; ACID RAIN; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; IONS; OXIDATION; SCRUBBERS; SOILS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC ACETIC ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC FORMIC ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC OXIDATION; DRY DEPOSITION; DRY SEASON; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SAVANNAH CLIMATIC REGION; VENEZUELA; WET DEPOSITION; WET ONLY COLLECTOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ACETIC ACID; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DRY DEPOSITION; FORMIC ACID; SAVANNA; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE; WET DEPOSITION;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0029663081     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00383-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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