Chemical composition of rainwater in the Yulong Snow Mountain region, Southwestern China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages 195-206

  Niu, Hewen ^a,b   He, Yuanqing ^a,b   Lu, Xi Xi ^c   Shen, Jie ^b   Du, Jiankuo ^a   Zhang, Tao ^b   Pu, Tao ^a   Xin, Huijuan ^a   Chang, Li ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Cluster analysis; Rainwater; Sources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; IONS; PH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; COMPONENT ANALYSIS; LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; RAINWATER; RAINWATER SAMPLES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

ALKALINITY;

ALKALINE WATER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NEUTRALIZATION; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; LIJIANG; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YULONG SNOW MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

EID: 84899638751     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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