Spatial and temporal variability of precipitation for selected regions of New York State and relationship to variability in sulfate deposition measurements
The preliminary results are presented of a study aimed at quantifying the variability in precipitation data and its role in the modeling of acidic deposition processes. The character of this variability for various regions of New York State is assessed over a 30-year period, with emphasis on the Adirondack region. Spatial and temporal means as well as coefficients of variation are presented. Of the five regions where precipitation data are investigated, the Adirondacks have the greatest overall variability, around 23 percent, while Long Island has the least, about 17 percent. A proportionality factor, based on the coefficient of variation, is suggested to account for the precipitation variability in achieving targeted wet deposition threshold values.
- Research Organization:
- New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Albany
- OSTI ID:
- 5692534
- Journal Information:
- J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 36:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
NEW YORK
SULFATES
PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING
ACID RAIN
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS
AIR POLLUTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
VARIATIONS
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
FEDERAL REGION II
MOUNTAINS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
RAIN
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
USA
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)