Investigating relationships between aerosol and rainwater compositions at different locations in Turkey

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2008-09-01

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Turkum, Ahmet
PEKEY, HAKAN
PEKEY, BEYHAN
Tuncel, Süleyman Gürdal

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Chemical compositions of atmospheric aerosol and rainwater samples collected at four different locations in Turkey were compared to investigate the relationship between aerosol and rainwater compositions. Results showed that aerosol composition could be reflected closely in rainwater composition if below-cloud processes dominate in-cloud processes. This was clearly observed for crustal elements at all stations and for most elements at the urban station. However, at rural stations there were differences in rain and aerosol that were attributed to significant contributions from in-cloud processes.

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Aerosol, Rainwater, Temporal variations, Scavenging ratio

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30195

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ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.03.010

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A. Turkum, H. PEKEY, B. PEKEY, and S. G. Tuncel, “Investigating relationships between aerosol and rainwater compositions at different locations in Turkey,” ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, pp. 315–323, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30195.