Chemical composition of rainwater at a coastal town on the southwest of Europe: What changes in 20 years?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3548-3553

  Santos, Patrícia S M ^a   Otero, Marta ^a   Santos, Eduarda B H ^a   Duarte, Armando C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acidity; Factor analysis; Ion composition; Rainwater; Seasonal variation; Trajectory analysis

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; ION COMPOSITION; RAINWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; CHLORINE; NITRATE; RAIN; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACIDITY; AIR MASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; RAINWATER; SEA SALT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PH; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; PORTUGAL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SPAIN; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

EID: 79959759370     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.031     Document Type: Article

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