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Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4711-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4711-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Research article
 | 
11 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 11 Apr 2017

Long-term air concentrations, wet deposition, and scavenging ratios of inorganic ions, HNO3, and SO2 and assessment of aerosol and precipitation acidity at Canadian rural locations

Irene Cheng and Leiming Zhang

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4711-2017-supplement

Data sets

Canadian National Atmospheric Chemistry (NAtChem) Particulate Matter and Precipitation Chemistry Database Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) https://www.ec.gc.ca/natchem/default.asp?lang=En&n=6562770F-1

National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), Air pollutant emission inventory Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) http://www.ec.gc.ca/inrp-npri/donnees-data/ap/index.cfm?lang=En

National Emissions Inventory USEPA https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories

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Geographical and long-term (1983–2011) trends in air concentrations and wet deposition of inorganic ions and aerosol and precipitation acidity were analyzed at 31 sites in Canada. Declines in atmospheric ammonium, nitrate, and sulfate were consistent with decreasing emissions of NH3, NOx, and SO2. A decline in nitrate and sulfate wet deposition was also observed. Wet scavenging was further studied by estimating scavenging ratios and relative contributions of gases and aerosols to wet deposition.
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