Relationship between acidity and ionic composition of wet precipitation. A two years study at an urban site, Thessaloniki, Greece

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-113

  Anatolaki, Ch ^a   Tsitouridou, R ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Ionic content; Neutralization; Trajectory analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; NITRIC ACID; PH; PH EFFECTS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

ARITHMETIC MEAN (AM); CASE STUDIES; IONIC CONTENT; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; NEUTRALIZATION; NEUTRALIZATION PROCESS; P H VALUES; PH MEASUREMENTS; RAIN EVENTS; RANGE TRANSPORT; REGRESSION (R2); SOIL DUST; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; WET PRECIPITATION;

SULFURIC ACID;

ACID RAIN; ANION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IONIC COMPOSITION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUTRALIZATION; PH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; THESSALONIKI [THESSALONIKI (DPR)];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 58549085572     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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