5-Year study of rainwater chemistry in a coastal mega-city in South China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 185-193

  Huang, Xiao Feng ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   He, Ling Yan ^a   Feng, Ning ^a   Hu, Min ^a   Niu, Yu Wen ^a   Zeng, Li Wu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Anthropogenic pollution; Organic acids; Source identification; South China

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DATA SETS; IONIC SPECIES; OXALIC ACID; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINWATER CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONAL TRENDS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SOUTH CHINA; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN SITE; VOLUME-WEIGHTED MEANS;

ACID RAIN; CALCIUM; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SODIUM;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA SET; FORMIC ACID; MEGACITY; OXALIC ACID; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 77953812706     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.03.027     Document Type: Article

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