Regional assessment of the response of the acid-base status of lake watersheds in the Adirondack region of New York to changes in atmospheric deposition using PnET-BGC

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 787-794

  Chen, Limin ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; FORECASTING; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SOILS; SURVEYING;

ACID-BASE STATUS; ACIDIC DEPOSITION; BEDROCK GEOLOGY; SURFACE WATER CHEMISTRY; SURFICIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

ACID; BASE; CARBON; NITROGEN; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EMISSION CONTROL; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATER;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID FLOW; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAKE; LAW; MODEL; NITROGEN BALANCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; SOIL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETATION; WATERSHED;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTANTS; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ADIRONDACK LAKE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13544260519     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049583t     Document Type: Article

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