Chemical composition of Monsoon deposition in the Everest region

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 226, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 187-199

  Valsecchi, S ^a   Smiraglia, C ^b   Tartari, G ^a   Polesello, S ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Background tropospheric levels; Biogenic inputs; Everest region; Ion chemistry; Monsoon deposition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ION; NITRATE; PROTON; SNOW; SULFATE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATTITUDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NEPAL;

EID: 0032962560     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00393-3     Document Type: Article

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