Relationship between air pollutants emission patterns and rainwater acidity

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 199-207

  Rua, A ^a   Gimeno, L ^b   Hernandez E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Universitaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid rain; air pollution; cluster analysis; EMEP stations

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PH; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMISSION PATTERNS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0030942496     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249709358436     Document Type: Article

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