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Relaxed eddy accumulation measurements of ammonia, nitric acid, sulfur dioxide and particulate sulfate dry deposition near Tampa, FL, USA

LaToya Myles1,3, Tilden P Meyers1 and Larry Robinson2

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The relaxed eddy accumulation (REA) method was utilized to measure fluxes of key atmospheric species, specifically ammonia (NH3), nitric acid (HNO3), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and particulate sulfate (SO42−) to vegetation that is characteristic throughout the Tampa Bay Watershed. Three annular denuder systems (ADS), each consisting of two annular denuders and a filter pack in series, were deployed to accumulate gaseous constituents and fine-fraction particulates (Dp<2.5 µm) in updraft and downdraft eddies, as well as in the mid-draft velocity range. Relaxed eddy accumulation samples, which were analyzed by ion chromatography, and continuous meteorological data were collected during the May 2002 Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE) near Sydney, FL. For the chemical species of current interest, concentrations were 1.64 ± 0.23 for NH3, 2.06 ± 0.24 for HNO3, 3.49 ± 0.50 for SO2 and 4.64 ± 0.31 µg m−3 for SO42−, and the deposition velocity (Vd) estimates for NH3, HNO3, SO2 and SO42− were 1.27 ± 3.65, 3.63 ± 1.47, 0.45 ± 0.98 and 0.42 ± 1.00 cm s−1, respectively. The results obtained confirm the expectation that the deposition of ammonia, nitric acid and particulate sulfate was controlled by aerodynamic and quasi-laminar layer resistances and that sulfur dioxide is relatively dependent upon stomatal conditions.


PACS

92.60.H- Atmospheric composition, structure, and properties

89.60.-k Environmental studies

93.30.Hf North America

92.60.Fm Boundary layer structure and processes

92.60.Sz Air quality and air pollution

Subjects

Environmental and Earth science

Dates

Issue 3 (July-September 2007)

Received 6 December 2006, accepted for publication 1 August 2007

Published 16 August 2007



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