Chemical composition of rain water and influence of airmass trajectories at a rural site in an ecological sensitive area of Western Ghats (India)

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 101-116

  Satyanarayana, Jetta ^a   Reddy, Loka Arun Kumar ^a   Kulshrestha, Monika Jain ^b   Rao, R Nageswara ^a   Kulshrestha, Umesh Chandra ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Anthropogenic influence.; Ecologically sensitive site; Neutralization factor; PH; Sea salt ratio; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; BROMIDE ION; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; FLUORIDE ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON; RAIN; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

ACID RAIN; AIR MASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MONSOON; NITRATE; PH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; RURAL AREA; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEA SALT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACID RAIN; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTHWEST); INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 80053193158     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: 15730662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-011-9193-2     Document Type: Article

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