Urea in aerosol and rainwater over the East China Sea in winter and spring

Huanjing Kexue/Environmental Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-22

  Bo, Shao Yi ^a   Shi, Jin Hui ^a   Gao, Hui Wang ^a   Qi, Jian Hua ^a   Qiao, Jia Jia ^a   Zhang, Jing ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Organic nitrogen; Rainwater; The East China Sea; Urea

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RAIN; SEA WATER; UREA;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SEASONS; SEAWATER; UREA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 60649113046     PISSN: 02503301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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