Chemical characteristics of rainwater in northeast China, a case study of Dalian

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 151-160

  Zhang, Xiuying ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a,b   Zhang, Qingxin ^c   Zhang, Xia ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Liaoning Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Neutralization; Northeast China; Source assessment; Urban and rural sites; Wet chemical components

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZATION; NORTHEAST CHINA; RURAL SITE; SOURCE ASSESSMENT; WET CHEMICALS;

ACID RAIN; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RURAL AREAS;

PH;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EMISSION INVENTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PH; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CHINA; DALIAN; LIAONING;

EID: 84865121732     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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