Organic carbon, total nitrogen, and water-soluble ions in clouds from a tropical montane cloud forest in Puerto Rico

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 4171-4177

  Reyes Rodríguez, Gabriel J ^a   Gioda, Adriana ^a,b   Mayol Bracero, Olga L ^a   Collett Jr , Jeff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

African dust; Dissolved organic carbon; Ion chromatography; Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy; Total nitrogen; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN DUST; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (1H NMR) SPECTROSCOPY; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CALCIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLOUDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DUST; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; NITROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS; RESONANCE; STREAM FLOW;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AMMONIA; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM ION; RAIN;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DUST; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TROPICAL FOREST;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WIND;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 67651061160     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.05.049     Document Type: Article

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