Determination of bromide, chloride, fluoride, nitrate and sulphate by ion chromatography: Comparisons of methodologies for rainfall, cloud water and river waters at the Plynlimon catchments of mid-Wales

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 294-300

  Neal, Margaret ^a   Neal, Colin ^a   Wickham, Heather ^a   Harman, Sarah ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bromide; Bromine; Chloride; Cloud water; Colorimetry; Fluoride; Ion chromatography; Mist; Nitrate; Rainfall; River; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

BROMIDE; CHLORIDE; CLOUD WATER; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; FLUORIDE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITRATE; ORGANOHALOGEN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RAINFALL; RIVER WATER; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

CEREDIGION; EURASIA; EUROPE; PLYNLIMON; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846337406     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-294-2007     Document Type: Article

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