Study of chemical composition of rainwater at an urban (Pune) and a rural (Sinhagad) location in India

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Momin, G A ^a   Ali, Kaushar ^a   Rao, P S P ^a   Safai, P D ^a   Chate, D M ^a   Praveen, P S ^a   Rodhe, Henning ^b   Granat, Lennart ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IONIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 21244495957     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004789     Document Type: Article

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