Rainwater composition in northeast Uruguay

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1601-1611

  Zunckel, M ^a   Saizar, C ^b   Zarauz, J ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b Metrology Section   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Factor analysis; Rainwater chemistry; South America; Trajectory analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

RAINWATER QUALITY;

RAIN;

FERTILIZER; FUEL; ION; NITRATE; RAIN; SULFATE;

BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROP; DUST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIVESTOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEA; SOIL; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WOOD;

(NORTHEAST); URUGUAY;

EID: 0037374717     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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