Exposure of forests to air pollutants, clouds, precipitation, and climatic variables

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6078451

Mohnen, V A

ThIS report contains atmospheric measurements data at high-elevation sites in the eastern United States. Measurements made in 1987 from May to October are included for O/sub 3/, SO/sub 2/, NO/sub 2/, cloud water content, cloud chemistry, H/sub 2/O/sub 2/. Historical data from other sites are included for comparison purposes as well as data on climatic variables. Sites at Mt. Mitchell, NC, Shenandoah, VA, Whitetop, VA, Whiteface Mt., NY, Mt. Moositauke, NH, and Howland, Maine form the Mountain Cloud Chemistry Project (MCCP). The primary objective of the MCCP is to characterize the exposure of montane forested ecosystems to atmospheric inputs. The high-elevation forests of the eastern United States are of particular interest because of reported declines in the populations of red spruce and balsam fir trees at selected locations throughout the Appalachian Mountains.

• Research Organization: State Univ. of New York, Albany (USA). Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6078451
• Report Number(s): PB-89-151526/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION
FORESTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
MOUNTAINS
NAPAP
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
OZONE
QUALITY ASSURANCE
SAMPLING
SULFUR DIOXIDE
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PEROXIDES
POLLUTION
RAIN
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)