Chemical composition of acid deposition and its seasonal variation in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Conference
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OSTI ID:351177
- National Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung (Taiwan, Province of China). Inst. of Environmental Engineering
This study investigated the acidification of wet and dry depositions collected in Kaohsiung metropolitan area during the period of January to May in 1996. An acid deposition sampling network including six sampling stations was originally established for this particular study. Both wet and dry depositions were sampled by an automatic rainwater sampler at each station. Major cations (K{sup +}, Na{sup +}, Ca{sup 2+}, Mg{sup 2+}, NH{sup 4+}) and anions (F{sup {minus}}, Cl{sup {minus}}, NO{sub 3}{sup {minus}}, and SO{sub 4}{sup 2{minus}}) of acid deposition were determined at Air Pollution Laboratory in the Institute of Environmental Engineering at National Sun Yat-Sen University except that the pH value and conductivity of samples were measured in situ. During the period of investigation, the pH value of rainwater ranged from 3.45 to 7.36 with a mode of 4.4--4.8. The volume-weighted average pH value was 4.65. The probability of acid rain during investigation period was approximately 77.3%. The probability of acid rain in rainy season was much higher than that in dry season. A lower probability in dry season was mainly attributed to the fact that alkaline particles suspended in the atmosphere to be washed by rainwater droplets. Results from correlation analysis indicated that major chemical species (r > 0.85) in rainwater droplets were NaCl, NH{sub 4}NO{sub 3}, Na{sub 2}NO{sub 3}, and NaCl{sub 2}. Furthermore, the deposition of hydrogen ion in wet process was much higher than that in dry process.
- OSTI ID:
- 351177
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970677--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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