National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPA) Interim Assessment: the causes and effects of acidic deposition. Volume 1. Executive summary

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5859100

This is a synopsis of the material covered in the technical volumes of the NAPAP Interim Assessment. It includes major conclusions from research in the substantive areas of current and historical emissions, control technologies, future emissions, atmospheric processes, acidic deposition and air quality, crop effects, forest effects, effects on aquatic systems, effects on materials, and effects on human health and visibility. Also, it discusses the NAPAP organizational structure, its history, and role in the understanding of the acidic-deposition phenomenon.

• Research Organization: National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5859100
• Report Number(s): PB-88-128525/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
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CHALCOGENIDES
CONTROL
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
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NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
RAIN
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES