Chemical composition of bulk precipitation during 2005 southwest monsoon in Bangalore City, India

Pollution Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-86

  Pasha, G S Munawar ^a   Prasad, B C Nagendra ^b   Shivashankara, G P ^c  

^a Ghousia College of Engineering   (India)

^b M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c PES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Bulk precipitation; pH; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ANION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MONSOON; PH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); URBAN POLLUTION;

ASIA; BANGALORE; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 44249096144     PISSN: 02578050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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