Monthly variations in nitrogen isotopes of ammonium and nitrate in wet deposition at Guangzhou, South China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2309-2315

  Jia, Guodong ^a   Chen, Fajin ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; DRY SEASONS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GUANGZHOU; ISOTOPIC EFFECTS; N VALUE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RAINY SEASONS; SOUTH CHINA; THERMOGENIC ORIGIN; WASTE EMISSION; WET DEPOSITION;

DROUGHT; FOSSIL FUELS; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; RURAL AREAS; SEWAGE; WASTE INCINERATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; FOSSIL FUEL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15;

AMMONIUM; DRY SEASON; FOSSIL FUEL; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; VOLATILIZATION; WET DEPOSITION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 77953115068     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.041     Document Type: Article

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