Composition of rain water at a semi-arid rural site in India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3783-3793

  Satsangi, Gur Sumiran ^a   Lakhani, A ^a   Khare, P ^a   Singh, S P ^a   Kumari, K M ^a   Srivastava, S S ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Neutralization; Precipitation; Terrestrial sources

Indexed keywords

RAIN WATER;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; NITROGEN OXIDES; RAIN; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; ANION; CALCIUM; CATION; CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; FORMIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; RURAL AREA; SEMIARID REGION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOIL; URBAN AREA; WATER SAMPLING;

INDIA;

EID: 0032210763     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00115-0     Document Type: Article

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