Spatial estimation of annual wet acid deposition using supplemental precipitation data

Conference · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5642222

Wampler, S J; Olsen, A R

The current study investigates two alternative approaches to the estimation of sulfate deposition. In the first approach, data from wet deposition monitoring sites from the Acid Deposition System (ADS) data base are used to estimate deposition. In the second approach, wet deposition monitoring sites from ADS are used to estimate concentration, but the more extensive network of precipitation monitoring sites available from the National Climatic Data Center is used to estimate precipitation amount to the watersheds and deposition is calculated as the product of the two estimates. In both cases kriging is used to do the spatial interpolation from monitoring sites to the watersheds. 9 refs., 7 figs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5642222
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-14770; CONF-8710243-1; ON: DE88003414
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DEPOSITION
DISTRIBUTION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
FEDERAL REGION I
FORECASTING
KRIGING
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICS
NAPAP
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RAIN
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STATISTICS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
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