Chemical composition and deposition of rain in the central Amazon, Brazil

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-217

  Williams, Michael R ^a,b   Fisher, Thomas R ^a   Melack, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidity; Ionic composition; Solutes; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; RAIN;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOREST; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ACIDITY; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SOLUTE; WET DEPOSITION;

BRAZIL, AMAZONAS STATE, LAKE CALADO;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH; STORMS;

RAIN DATA; VOLUME WEIGHTED MEAN;

ACID RAIN;

EID: 0030617362     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00166-5     Document Type: Article

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