North American Acid Deposition data System and its use in spatial analysis

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6041056

Watson, C R; Olsen, A R

This paper has the following objectives. First, North American monitoring networks currently participating in/ADS are identified and the geographical coverage of sites is shown. An overview of ADS is given. The underlying structure of the system is described, especially as it impacts potential uses of wet deposition data. Examples of standard statistical summaries available from ADS are given. Isopleth maps for pH, annual deposition of hydrogen, sulfate, nitrate and ammonium ion species for the period July 1980 to June 1981 are used to illustrate spatial analyses utilizing ADS. Spatial analysis is based on a statistical surface estimation procedure called kriging with the resulting surface then contoured. Each section is structured by an overview of the approach with specific examples and details to illustrate key points.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6041056
• Report Number(s): CONF-840612-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTS
GEOGRAPHY
HYDROGEN
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
KRIGING
MANAGEMENT
MAPS
MATHEMATICS
NAPAP
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING
RAIN
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STATISTICS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASHOUT