Back trajectory analysis of precipitation chemistry in the urban and forest areas of Istanbul, Turkey

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-135

  Saylan, Levent ^a   Toros, Hüseyln ^a   Sen, Orhan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Back trajectory; Ions; Neutralization; Precipitation chemistry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BACK ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MASS TRANSPORT; PH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TRAJECTORY; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 67649865325     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200800001     Document Type: Article

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