Observational and modeling studies of chemical species concentrations as a function of raindrop size

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 7872-7879

  Wai, K M ^a   Tam, C W F ^a   Tanner, P A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Below cloud; Concentration and radius; Guttalgor; scavenging

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CLOUDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITRATES; PH EFFECTS; SAMPLING; SCAVENGING; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BELOW-CLOUD; CONCENTRATION AND RADIUS; FORMATE; GUTTALGOR; RAINDROP RADIUS; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS;

RAIN;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM BISULFATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; FORMIC ACID; NITRATE; PROTON; RAIN; SODIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PH; RAINDROP; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HONG KONG; LINEAR SYSTEM; OBSERVATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SOLID;

EID: 27844449543     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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