Variations in the concentration and isotopic composition of nitrate nitrogen in wet deposition and their relation with meteorological conditions in Xi'an city, Northwest China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 831-840

  Xing, Meng ^a,b   Liu, Weiguo ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEAN VALUES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NITRATE NITROGEN; NORTHWEST CHINA; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMI ARID; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS; VOLUME-WEIGHTED MEANS; WARM SEASONS; WET DEPOSITION;

ARID REGIONS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; METADATA; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ISOTOPES;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOSSIL FUEL; FOSSIL RECORD; ION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEOROLOGY; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSFORMATION;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 84862779049     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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