Temporal and elevation-related variability in precipitation chemistry from 1993 to 2002, eastern Erzgebirge, Germany

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 123-141

  Zimmermann, Frank ^c   Matschullat, Jörg ^a   Brüggemann, Erika ^b   Pleßow, Kirsten ^a   Wienhaus, Otto ^d  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Fog; Ionic balances; Seeder feeder; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALS; DEPOSITION; FOG; NEGATIVE IONS; PH; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCAVENGING; SULFATE MINERALS;

ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT; IONIC BALANCES; SEEDER-FEEDER; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; SNOW; SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALS; DEPOSITION; FOG; NEGATIVE IONS; PH; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCAVENGING; SULFATE MINERALS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ELEVATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; CRYSTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOG; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; GERMANY; PH; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33645530388     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-2860-2     Document Type: Article

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