Changing chemical composition of precipitation in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Implications for the continental U.S.A.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 5675-5680

  Willey, Joan D ^a   Kieber, Robert J ^a   Avery Jr , G Brooks ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); TRACE METALS;

COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IONS; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AMMONIA; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE METAL;

COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IONS; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ACIDITY; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC ACID; PH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACIDITY; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LAKE; PH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; SEA; UNITED STATES;

ACID RAIN; CARBON; CHLORIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RAIN;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WILMINGTON;

EID: 33748766879     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060638w     Document Type: Article

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