Study of chemical composition of precipitation at an alpine site and a rural site in the Urumqi River Valley, Eastern Tien Shan, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 8934-8942

  Zhao, Zhongping ^a,b,c   Tian, Lide ^a   Fischer, Emily ^d   Li, Zhongqin ^b   Jiao, Keqin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Engineering Research Institute ^*  (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition fluxes; Precipitation chemistry; Seasonal variability; Urumqi River Valley

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CALCIUM; COMBUSTION; DUST; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; STORMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; ASIAN DUST STORMS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTINUOUS PRECIPITATIONS; DEPOSITION FLUXES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; INORGANIC IONS; MICRO PARTICLES; MONITORING SITES; PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRIES; PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY; RELATIVE IMPACTS; RIVER VALLEYS; RURAL SITES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; URUMQI RIVER VALLEY;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ALKALI METAL; CALCIUM ION; ION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST STORM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RURAL AREA; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIEN SHAN; URUMQI VALLEY; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 56149084918     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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