Monsoon rain chemistry and source apportionment using receptor modeling in and around National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi, India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 27, 2007, Pages 5595-5604

  Tiwari, Suresh ^a   Kulshrestha, U C ^b   Padmanabhamurty, B ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaline pH; Monsoon rain; Precipitation chemistry; Receptor modeling; Soil dust interference

Indexed keywords

ION SOURCES; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER;

ALKALINE PH; MONSOON RAIN; PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY; RECEPTOR MODELING; SOIL-DUST INTERFERENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; RAIN;

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ION; MONSOON; PH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINWATER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; POLLUTANT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BOS;

EID: 34548761883     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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