Lower ph of acid rain associated with lightning: Evidence from sampling within 14 showers and storms in the Georgia Piedmont in summer 1996

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-241

  Bruce Railsback, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Georgia; Lightning; Meteorology; Rainfall pH distribution; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIGHTNING; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; WATER SAMPLING;

ACID RAIN; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXIDATION; PH; SULPHUR DIOXIDE;

USA, GEORGIA;

EID: 0030619025     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05459-4     Document Type: Article

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