Historical change in precipitation pH at Kobe, Japan: 1935-1961

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2367-2369

  Ishikawa, Yuriko ^a   Hara, Hiroshi ^b  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Historical change; Japan; Kobe; pH; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; SULFATE;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL AREA; JAPAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTION; DATA STRUCTURES; ECOSYSTEMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PH; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA QUALITY; HISTORICAL CHANGE; PRECIPITATION PH; SEMI QUANTITATIVE INDEX;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ACID DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

JAPAN, HONSHU, KOBE;

EID: 0030616260     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00214-2     Document Type: Article

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