Scavenging of aerosols and their chemical species by rain

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2477-2484

  Chate, D M ^a   Rao, P S P ^a   Naik, M S ^a   Momin, G A ^a   Safai, P D ^a   Ali, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Below cloud scavenging; Sequential rain samples; Washout coefficient; Wet removal

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAIN; SCAVENGING; ZINC;

SCAVENGING COEFFICIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROSOL; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); WET DEPOSITION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENSITY; EVOLUTION; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0038739387     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00162-6     Document Type: Article

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