Chemistry of fogs at Agra, India: Influence of soil particulates and atmospheric gases

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 435-445

  Lakhani, Anita ^a   Parmar, Ravinder Singh ^a,b   Satsangi, Gur Sumiran ^a,c   Prakash, Satya ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric alkalinity; Chemical composition; Equilibration; Fog water

Indexed keywords

ACID FOG; ATMOSPHEIC GAS; FOG WATER; SOIL PARTICULATE;

AEROSOLS; ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; IONS; PH; SOILS;

FOG;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; FLUORIDE ION; FORMIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOG;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOG; GAS; INDIA; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH MEASUREMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VOLUMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

GASES; INDIA; SOIL; WEATHER;

AGRA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 34548766693     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9598-6     Document Type: Article

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