Chemical composition and seasonal variation of acid deposition in Guangzhou, South China: Comparison with precipitation in other major Chinese cities

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-41

  Huang, De Yin ^a,b,c   Xu, Yi Gang ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Zhang, Hui Huang ^a   Lan, Jiang Bo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Chemical composition; China; Guangzhou; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; COAL COMBUSTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ACID DEPOSITIONS; ACID PRECIPITATIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHINA; CHINESE CITIES; COMBUSTION OF COALS; GUANGZHOU; GUANGZHOU , CHINAS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH PH; MONITORING PERIODS; NEUTRALIZATION CAPACITIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SOUTH CHINAS; TOTAL PRECIPITATIONS;

RAIN;

COAL; SULFATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID RAIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFATE; URBAN AREA;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACID RAIN; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANTS; PRECIPITATION; SEASONS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 56449127931     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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