Chemical characteristics of rainwater collected at a western site of Jordan

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-61

  Al Khashman, Omar Ali ^a  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acidity; Chemical elements; Jordan; Rainwater chemistry; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUST; LEAD; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; POTASH; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SMELTING; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLOUD WATERS; COMPONENT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DEAD SEAS; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; JORDAN; LONG DISTANCES; MAJOR IONS; MARINE SOURCES; MEAN VALUES; MEASURED SPECIES; NATURAL ORIGINS; NEUTRAL PH; RAIN EVENTS; RAINWATER CHEMISTRY; RAINWATER SAMPLES; SEA SALTS; SOIL PARTICLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE COMPONENTS; TOTAL VARIANCES; TRACE METALS; TRAFFIC SOURCES; WESTERN SIDES;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IONIC COMPOSITION; NEUTRALIZATION; PH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 57049169722     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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