Formaldehyde in various forms of atmospheric precipitation and deposition from highly urbanized regions

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-236

  Polkowska, Zaneta ^a   Skarzyńska, Kamila ^a   Górecki, Tadeusz ^b   Namieśnik, Jacek ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Precipitation; Runoff; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRATE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEA WATER; SNOW; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORMALDEHYDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COULOMETRY; DEW; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGHWAY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WET DEPOSITION; WIND;

EID: 33745925605     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-005-9009-3     Document Type: Article

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