Chemical characterization of fog and rain water collected at the eastern Andes cordillera
Beiderwieden E, Wrzesinsky T, Klemm O
Research article (journal)Abstract
During a three month period in 2003 and 2004, the chemistry of fog and rainwater were studied at the "El Tiro" site in a tropical mountain forest ecosystem in Ecuador, South America. The fogwater samples were collected using a passive fog collector, and for the rain water, a standard rain sampler was employed. For all samples, electric conductivity, pH, and the concentrations of NH4+, K+, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl-, NO3-, PO43-, and SO42- were measured. For each fog sample, a 5 day back trajectory was calculated by the use of the HYSPLIT model. Two types of trajectories occurred. One type was characterized by advection of air masses from the East over the Amazonian basin, the other trajectory arrived one from the West after significant travel time over the Pacific Ocean.
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Authors from the University of Münster
| Klemm, Otto |
Projects the publication originates from
Duration: 01/09/2006 - 31/08/2009 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project |
Doctorates the publication originates from
| Direkte Messung und Bewertung des nebelgebundenen Eintrags von Wasser und Spurenstoffen in ein montanes Waldökosystem. Candidate: Wrzesinsky, Thomas | Supervisors: Klemm, Otto Period of time: until 01/11/2003 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at another university (NOT University of Münster) |