Critical loads of acid deposition for wilderness lakes in the sierra nevada (california) estimated by the steady-state water chemistry model

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shaw, Glenn D ^a   Cisneros, Ricardo ^b   Schweizer, Donald ^b   Sickman, James O ^c   Fenn, Mark E ^d  

^a MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Class I wilderness areas; Critical loads; Lake acidification; Lake monitoring; Nitrogen deposition; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

CLASS I; CRITICAL LOAD; LAKE ACIDIFICATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SIERRA NEVADA;

AIR QUALITY; CATCHMENTS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IODINE; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; WEATHERING;

LAKES;

ACID DEPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; MODELING; NITROGEN; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACID DEPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; CONDUCTANCE; LAKE; PHYSICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888806048     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1804-x     Document Type: Article

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