Concentrations of monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acids and aldehydes in Southern California wet precipitations: Comparison of urban and nonurban samples and compositional changes during scavenging

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1035-1052

  Kawamura, Kimitaka ^a,b   Steinberg, Spencer ^a,c   Kaplan, Isaac R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Diacids; Monoacids; pH; Rain acidity; Rainwater; Snow; Time series rain

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBROMAL; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; MALONIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; RAIN; SCAVENGER; SNOW; SUCCINIC ACID;

ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ALDEHYDE; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID; POLAR ORGANIC COMPOUND; RAINFALL CHEMICAL CONTENT; RAINFALL SCAVENGING; URBAN/RURAL COMPARISON;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029668167     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00404-1     Document Type: Article

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