A model of annual orographic precipitation and acid deposition and its application to Snowdonia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3316-3326

  Dore, A J ^a   Mousavi Baygi, M ^b   Smith, R I ^a   Hall, J ^c   Fowler, D ^a   Choularton, T W ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^c CEH Monkswood ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Critical loads; Nitrate; Orographic precipitation; Seeder feeder effect; Snowdonia; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; CONDITION MONITORING; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

CRITICAL LOADS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; SEEDER-FEEDER EFFECT; SNOWDONIA; SULPHATE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

RAIN;

DEPOSITION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WET DEPOSITION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SNOWDONIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646170534     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.01.043     Document Type: Article

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