Rainwater chemistry at a regional representative urban site: Influence of terrestrial sources on ionic composition

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 999-1008

  Chandra Mouli, P ^a   Venkata Mohan, S ^b   Reddy, S Jayarama ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid neutralization; Chemical composition; pH; Precipitation; Temporal variation; Terrestrial sources

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; IONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PH; POSITIVE IONS;

ION COMPOSITION; NEUTRALIZATION; RAINWATER; VOLUME WEIGHTED MEAN (VWM);

RAIN;

AMMONIA; ANION; CALCIUM; CATION; CHLORINE; FLUORINE; MAGNESIUM; NITRIC ACID; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SODIUM; SULFATE;

PH; RAINWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACIDITY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ALKALINITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; INDIA; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 13244262752     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.10.036     Document Type: Article

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