Precipitation chemistry and occurrence of acid rain over Dhanbad, coal city of India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 99-110

  Singh, Abhay Kr ^a   Mondal, G C ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Singh, K K ^a   Kamal, K P ^b   Sinha, A ^b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

^b VB University   (India)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Anthropogenic; Dhanbad; Neutralization; pH; Rainwater chemistry; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; PH; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANTHROPOGENIC; NEUTRALIZATION; RAINWATER CHEMISTRY; WET DEPOSITION;

ACID RAIN;

AMMONIA; ANION; CALCIUM; CATION; CHLORINE; COAL; FLUORINE; ION; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SODIUM; SULFATE;

ACID RAIN; ALKALINITY; ANION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDUCTIVITY; NEUTRALIZATION; PH; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ACID RAIN; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CITY; COAL MINING; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PH MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WET DEPOSITION; AIR POLLUTANT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH; PRECIPITATION;

ASIA; DHANBAD; EURASIA; INDIA; JHARKHAND; SOUTH ASIA;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIONS; CATIONS; CITIES; COAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; PRECIPITATION;

EID: 34247611031     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9243-4     Document Type: Article

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