Measurements of fog composition at a rural site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 195-205

  Straub, Derek J ^a   Hutchings, James W ^b,c   Herckes, Pierre ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Virginia Department of Forensic Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Fog chemistry; Inorganic ions; Mid Atlantic region; Pennsylvania

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOG CHEMISTRY; INORGANIC IONS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; PENNSYLVANIA;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; IONS; ORGANIC CARBON; STREAM FLOW; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

FOG;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; COPPER; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; ION; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOG; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PH; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SULFATE; TRACE METAL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOG; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; VOLUMETRY;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; MID-ATLANTIC STATES; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84155172805     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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