Chemical constituents in clouds and rainwater in the Puerto Rican rainforest: Potential sources and seasonal drivers

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 208-220

  Gioda, Adriana ^a   Mayol Bracero, Olga L ^b   Scatena, Frederick N ^c   Weathers, Kathleen C ^d   Mateus, Vinicius L ^a   McDowell, William H ^e  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Background marine; El Yunque National Forest; Long range transport; Pico del Este; Precipitation chemistry; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND MARINE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NATIONAL FORESTS; PICO DEL ESTE; PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY; SAHARAN DUST;

CALCIUM; CHLORINE; DUST; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCESS CONTROL; RAIN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM ION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORIDE; CLOUD WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; RAIN; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; INORGANIC SALT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE POLLUTION; METAL; PH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RAINFOREST; RAINWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RAIN FOREST;

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; DUST; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS CONTROL; RAIN;

PUERTO RICO; YUNQUE NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 84871491505     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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