Precipitation chemistry of Lhasa and other remote towns, Tibet

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-240

  Zhang, David D ^a   Peart, Mervyn ^a   Jim, C Y ^a   He, Y Q ^b   Li, B S ^c   Chen, J A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Airborne dust; Alkaline precipitation; CO2; PH; Rainwater chemistry

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SAMPLING;

PRECIPITATION EVENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AMMONIA; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORIDE ION; IRON; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NITRATE; NITRITE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PH; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CHINA;

EID: 0037213151     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00835-X     Document Type: Article

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