Acidity of raindrop by uptake of gases and aerosol pollutants

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1571-1577

  Chate, D M ^a   Devara, P C S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Collision efficiency; Oxidation; Reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

ACID-RAIN; ACIDIC COMPONENTS; AEROSOL POLLUTANTS; ALKALINE SPECIES; AQUEOUS CONCENTRATIONS; AQUEOUS PHASE; BELOW CLOUDS; BULK SAMPLES; CLOUD BASE; COLLISION EFFICIENCY; DIFFERENT SIZES; DROP SIZES; EARTH SURFACES; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-PHASE MASS TRANSFERS; ION CONTENTS; IONIC COMPONENTS; MODEL RESULTS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PH-VALUES; RAINFALL INTENSITIES; SIMPLE MODELS; TIME VARIANTS;

ACIDS; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DROP FORMATION; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; GAS ABSORPTION; GASES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; OXIDATION; RAIN; REACTION KINETICS;

DROPS;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OXIDATION; RAINDROP;

EID: 59349121163     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.06.031     Document Type: Article

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