Chesapeake Bay atmospheric deposition study phase 2: July 1990-December 1991. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:6880857

Baker, J E; Burdige, D; Church, T M; Cutter, G; Dickhut, R M

The purpose of the study was to determine atmospheric loadings of selected trace elements and organic compounds directly to the surface waters of the Chesapeake Bay. The work in this report represents the first eighteen months of the Chesapeake Bay Atmospheric Deposition Study. Future reports will describe the integrate results from the CBADS network through September 1993. An 18 month field study (6/90 - 12/91), conducted to estimate the deposition of atmospheric trace contaminants to the Chesapeake Bay, represents Phase II of the Chesapeake Bay Atmospheric Deposition Study (CBADS). Previously reported data from Phase I (6/90 - 7/91) is presented here in concert with data from 7/91 - 12/91. The trace elements (aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, lead, selenium, and zinc), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) congeners, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured in the ambient atmosphere and in precipitation. In addition several major ions, (chloride, sulfate, nitrate, sodium) were measured in precipitation at the three sites.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Annapolis, MD (United States). Chesapeake Bay Program
• OSTI ID: 6880857
• Report Number(s): PB-94-214111/XAB; CBP/TRS-118/94
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also Phase 1, PB--94-108321 and Phase 2, Appendices, PB--94-213949
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHESAPEAKE BAY
WATER POLLUTION
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POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
AROMATICS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BAYS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
COASTAL WATERS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
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ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
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ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
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SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
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