Chemical characteristics of spring rainwater of Xi'an city, NW China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 5058-5063

  Lu, Xinwei ^a   Li, Loretta Y ^b   Li, Nan ^a   Yang, Guang ^a   Luo, Dacheng ^a   Chen, Jinghui ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Correlation analysis; Enrichment factor; Neutralization factor; Rainwater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; NEUTRALIZATION FACTOR; RAINWATER;

CALCIUM; CHLORINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONS;

PH;

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; FLUORIDE ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; RAIN; SODIUM ION; SULFURIC ACID;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; CRUST; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENRICHMENT; ION; NEUTRALIZATION; PH; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; SPRING (SEASON);

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 79960610402     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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