Progress toward clean cloud water at Whiteface Mountain New York

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 6669-6673

  Dukett, James E ^a   Aleksic, Nenad ^b   Houck, Nathan ^a   Snyder, Philip ^a   Casson, Paul ^a   Cantwell, Michael ^a  

^a Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Acidity; Adirondack mountains; Clean air; Cloud water; Emissions

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; CLEAN AIR; CLOUD WATER; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NEW YORK; NITRATE IONS; PH VALUE; PRIMARY SOURCES; REGIONAL HAZE RULE; WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN;

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HYDROGEN; IONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

LANDFORMS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLEANUP; CLOUD; CLOUD WATER; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; FOSSIL FUEL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN; ION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITRATE; PH; SULFATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDITY; AEROSOL; AIR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN;

EID: 80053893873     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.08.070     Document Type: Article

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