Preliminary estimation of the rainfall chemical composition evaluated through the scavenging modeling for north-eastern Amazonian region (Amapá State, Brazil)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-73

  Goncalves F L T ^a   Andrade, M F ^a   Forti, M C ^b   Astolfo, R ^a   Ramos, M A ^a   Massambani, O ^a   Melfi, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian aerosol; Rainfall chemistry; Scavenging modeling; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN; SCAVENGING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SCAVENGING PROCESSES;

AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; RAIN; SCAVENGER; SULFATE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SCAVENGING; WET DEPOSITION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; GAS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; TIME; WATER SAMPLING;

AMAPA STATE; BRAZIL;

EID: 0037209822     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00209-9     Document Type: Article

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