Analysis of cloud and precipitation chemistry at Whiteface Mountain, NY

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2709-2716

  Aleksic, Nenad ^a   Roy, K ^a   Sistla, G ^a   Dukett, J ^b   Houck, N ^b   Casson, P ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Cloud chemistry; Cloud deposition; Whiteface Mountain

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; CLOUD WATERS; FOG EVENTS; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRIES; STATE PROGRAMS; WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN;

ACID RAIN; ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION;

LANDFORMS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; NITRITE; POTASSIUM ION; RAIN; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER;

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOG; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATERSHED;

ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; CLOUD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN;

EID: 67349210702     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.053     Document Type: Article

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