Seasonal chemical composition variations of wet deposition in Urumchi, Northwestern China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1042-1048

  Xu, Ming ^a,b   Lü, Aihua ^b   Xu, Feng ^b   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Urumchi Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Arid area; Contribution; Emission; Principal component analysis; Sand dust; Variation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONDITION MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARID AREA; SAND-DUST;

AIR QUALITY;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; FLUORINE; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

ACID PRECIPITATION; AIR QUALITY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMISSION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONDUCTANCE; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; URUMQI; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 39049111650     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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