Meteorological indicators of summer precipitation chemistry in central Pennsylvania

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1045-1055

  Dayan, Uri ^a   Lamb, Dennis ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorological indicators; NADP AIRMoN; Precipitation chemistry; Synoptic circulation; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; POSITIVE IONS; STORMS; SULFURIC ACID;

ANALYTE CONCENTRATIONS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

INDICATOR; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ACIDITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SUMMER; WET DEPOSITION;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037332458     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00992-5     Document Type: Article

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