Concentration of ionic compounds in the wintertime deposition: Results and trends from the Austrian Alps over 11 years (1983-1993)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 4031-4040

  Winiwarter, W ^a,b   Puxbaum, H ^b   Schoner W ^c   Bohm R ^d   Werner, R ^c   Vitovec, W ^b   Kasper, A ^b  

^a Osterreichisches F   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Zentralanstalt F Meteorol G   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emission; Glacier; Nitrogen compounds; Sulfur compounds; Total deposition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLACIERS; IONS; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SULFATE;

SNOW;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE ION; ION; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SNOW; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; MEASUREMENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

EID: 0032402786     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00252-5     Document Type: Article

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