Formate and acetate levels compared in monsoon and winter rainwater at Dayalbagh, Agra (India)

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-87

  Nandinikumar, ^a   Kulshrestha, U C ^a   Saxena, A ^a   Khare, P ^a   Kumari, K M ^a   Srivastava, S S ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetate; Formate; Monsoon; Precipitation; Sources; Winter

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; RAIN;

ARTICLE; INDIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; VEGETATION; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER;

ACETATE; CONCENTRATION; FORMATE; MONSOON RAINFALL; WINTER RAINFLAL;

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, AGRA, DAYALBAGH;

EID: 0029667201     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00058705     Document Type: Article

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