Trends in snowpack chemistry and comparison to National Atmospheric Deposition Program results for the Rocky Mountains, US, 1993-2004

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6098-6113

  Ingersoll, George P ^a   Mast, M Alisa ^a   Campbell, Donald H ^a   Clow, David W ^a   Nanus, Leora ^a   Turk, John T ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Chemical trends; Nitrogen; Rocky mountains; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

(ALKYL) AMMONIUM; CHEMICAL DEPOSITIONS; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; IN CONCENTRATION; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); LONG TERM TRENDS; MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK; NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION PROGRAM (NADP); NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; NON-PARAMETRIC; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEASONAL SNOWPACK; SNOWPACK CHEMISTRY; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; WATER EQUIVALENT;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; SNOW; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOWPACK;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL KENDALL TEST; TECHNIQUE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 47549084222     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.030     Document Type: Article

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