Comment on ''Gaseous sulfur pollutants from urban and natural sources''

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1979 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1979.10470777· OSTI ID:6888139

Nochumson, D

Nochumson raised a valid comment with regard to the sulfur budget published in the APCA Journal by Robinson and Robbins in 1970. The original assumptions made in calculating the budget were not questioned, rather the source and sink estimates were highly uncertain. The errors in the budget by Robinson and Robbins were due to the misinterpretation of the input values used for the amount of sulfur removed by precipitation scavenging. In order to correct this budget 44 x 10/sup 6/ tons per year of sea spray sulfur had to be added to the precipitation and dry deposition sink terms over the land and the oceans. To maintain balance in the steady state atmospheric sulfur budget, the biological decay source terms of sulfur for the land the oceans, which was used to enhance their budget, had to be increased by 44 x 10/sup 6/ tons sulfur per year. 5 references, 1 table.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM
• OSTI ID: 6888139
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 29:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SULFUR DIOXIDE
PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING
AIR POLLUTION
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BUDGETS
ENERGY SOURCES
ERRORS
SINKS
SULFUR CYCLE
URBAN AREAS
CHALCOGENIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)