Spatial and temporal variability of the overall error of National Atmospheric Deposition Program measurements determined by the USGS collocated-sampler program, water years 1989-2001

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 135, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 407-418

  Wetherbee, Gregory A ^a   Latysh, Natalie E ^a   Gordon, John D ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

NADP; Precipitation; Quality assurance; Variability

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACID PRECIPITATION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WET DEPOSITION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14744279545     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.11.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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