Analysis of ammonia and aerosol concentrations and deposition near the free troposphere at Mt. Mitchell, NC, USA

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-358

  Aneja, Viney P ^a   Murthy, Anuradha B ^a   Battye, William ^b   Battye, Rebecca ^b   Benjey, William G ^c  

^a Earth and Atmosph Sci N C ^*  (United States)

^b EC/R Inc   (United States)

^c Air Rsrc Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient monitoring; Ammonia; Deposition; Emissions; Mt. Mitchell; Smoky Mountains

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT MONITORING; CLOUD WATER;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; RAIN;

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; CLOUD WATER; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; CLOUD; CONFERENCE PAPER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, MOUNT MITCHELL;

EID: 0032006928     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00236-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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