National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Wet Deposition / Acid Rain
Nortrup M. 2012. National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Wet Deposition / Acid Rain. National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
This brief describes results of wet deposition monitoring in the National Capital Region Network including these parks: Antietam NB, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Harpers Ferry NHP, Manasass NBP, Monocacy NB, National Capital Parks - East, Prince William Forest Park, Rock Creek Park, and Wolf Trap NP for the Performing Arts. Emissions, atmospheric deposition, and pollutant exposure in the NCRN are among the highest in the US. Describes wet and dry deposition of S, N, and other compounds; risks to ecosystems; & deposition levels by park
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Nortrup, Megan
- Date of Issue
- 2012-01
- Publisher
- National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
- Units
- ANTI , CATO , CHOH , GWMP , HAFE , MANA , MONO , NACE , NCR , NCRN , PRWI , ROCR , WOTR
- Keywords
- Acid Rain, Acidification, Air Pollution, Air Quality, Ammonium, ANTI, Antietam National Battlefield, Atmospheric Deposition, Castnet, CATO, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, CHOH, Clean Air Status and Trends Network, Dry Deposition, Eutrophication, George Washington Memorial Parkway, GWMP, HAFE, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, MANA, Manasass National Battlefield Park, MONO, Monocacy National Battlefield, NACE, NADP, National Atmospheric Deposition Program, National Capital Parks - East, National Capital Region, National Capital Region, National Capital Region Network, National Capital Region Network, National Trends Network, NCR, NCR, NCRN, NCRN, NCRN Air Brief, NCRN Air Quality, NH4, Nitrate, Nitrogen, no3, NTN, NTN/NADP, pollutant exposure, Precipitation, Prince William Forest Park, PRWI, Rock Creek Park, ROCR, SO4, Sulfate, Sulfur, Wet Deposition, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, WOTR