Chemical characterization of precipitation at a coastal site in Trombay, Mumbai, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 45-53

  Prathibha, P ^a   Kothai, P ^a   Saradhi, I V ^a   Pandit, G G ^a   Puranik, V D ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Bulk sampler; Enrichment factor; Major ions; Neutralization factor; Precipitation; Sea salt fraction

Indexed keywords

BELOW-CLOUD; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COASTAL SITES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; MAJOR IONS; MUMBAI , INDIA; NEUTRALIZATION FACTOR; NITRATE IONS; SCAVENGING PROCESS; SEA SALTS;

ACID RAIN; ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; DISSOLUTION; FOG; FOSSIL FUELS; MAGNESIUM; SCAVENGING; SODIUM SULFATE;

IONS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; ION; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SODIUM; SULFATE; POLLUTANT;

ACID RAIN; ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED MATTER; IONIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NEUTRALIZATION; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINWATER; SULFATE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; POLLUTANT; PRECIPITATION; SEASHORE; WET DEPOSITION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; RAIN;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 77955413092     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1090-7     Document Type: Article

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