Measurements of nitrate and ammonium in precipitation and associated with aerosols were conducted at Rutgers University Marine Field Station in Tuckerton, New Jersey from March 2004 to March 2005 to characterize atmospheric nitrogen deposition to the Mullica River-Great Bay Estuary. The arithmetic means of nitrate and ammonium concentrations for precipitation samples were 2.3mgL(-1) and 0.42mgL(-1), respectively. Nitrate and ammonium concentrations in aerosol samples averaged 3.7microgm(-3) and 1.6microgm(-3), respectively. Wet deposition rates appeared to vary with season; the highest rate of inorganic nitrogen deposition (nitrate+ammonium) occurred in the spring with an average value of 1.33kg-Nha(-2)month(-1). On an annual basis, the total (wet and dry) direct atmospheric deposition fluxes into the Mullica River-Great Bay Estuary were 7.08kg-Nha(-2)year(-1) for nitrate and 4.44kg-Nha(-2)year(-1) for ammonium. The total atmospheric inorganic nitrogen directly deposited to the Mullica River-Great Bay Estuary was estimated to be 4.79x10(4)kg-Nyear(-1), and the total atmospheric inorganic nitrogen deposited to the Mullica River watershed was estimated to be 1.69x10(6)kg-Nyear(-1). Only a fraction of the nitrogen deposited on the watershed will actually reach the estuary; most of the nitrogen will be retained in the watershed due to utilization and denitrification during transport. The amount of N reaching the Mullica River-Great Bay Estuary indirectly is estimated to be 5.07x10(4)kg-Nyear(-1), approximately 97% is retained within the watershed. This atmospheric nitrogen deposition may stimulate phytoplankton productivity in the Mullica River-Great Bay ecosystem. 相似文献
利用在线耦合的大气化学模式WRF-Chem V3.6(Weather Research Forecasting Model with Chemistry Version 3.6)及环境、气象观测数据,在完成大气化学方案优选的基础上,研究了华北地区一次重霾污染过程(2013年2月15~17日)对气象条件的反馈作用。重点关注一次颗粒物、无机气态成分和挥发性有机污染物的人为排放对PM2.5(空气动力学当量直径小于等于2.5μm的颗粒物,即细颗粒物)生成的贡献,探讨了由此引发的气象条件的变化。模拟结果显示,上述3种人为源的综合排放对华北地区PM2.5浓度的平均贡献率为91.27%,其中对北京、秦皇岛和沧州的贡献率分别达96.9%、95.9%和97.2%。这使区域地面太阳向下短波辐射降低近15.99%,区域平均地面辐射强迫达-26.51 W m-2,由此导致地面温度下降0.14°C(3.68%),逆温增强,垂直温度梯度(?T/?z)升高0.026 K km-1,边界层高度降低18.92 m(8.77%),平均风速减少约0.014 m s-1(0.35%),相对湿度绝对值升高0.51%,地面平均气压降低0.86 Pa。对于15~17日污染过程,人为源综合排放的气溶胶对短波辐射的影响在天气过程中占主导地位,对边界层高度的影响较大,但不起主导作用,对温度、风速、相对湿度、气压的作用则远小于天气系统本身。挥发性有机污染物(Volatile Organic Compounds,VOCs)作为二次有机气溶胶(Secondary Organic Aerosol,SOA)的前体物,其人为排放对SOA浓度的贡献率约为99.6%。同时,VOCs通过调整大气反应活性促进无机气态成分向无机盐转化,它对硫酸盐和硝酸盐浓度的贡献达50%以上。然而,VOCs对整个PM2.5浓度的贡献不及各种源综合贡献的1/4。人为排放的VOCs对气象场的反馈与综合排放的作用基本一致,但对地面气压的影响VOCs排放时以热力因子为主,而人为源综合排放时以动力因子为主。上述结果暗示,灰霾污染过程所引发的气象条件向不利于污染物扩散方向改变,这可能促进污染物的局地累积、增强污染程度并延长区域内重污染的持续时间。因此,在探讨区域性灰霾污染成因时,灰霾自身通过辐射强迫作用对大气的调节是不可忽视的重要影响因素。 相似文献
A geographic information system (GIS) raster technique has been developed and used interactively with remediation designers to evaluate the optimum extent of excavating soil contaminated by chlorinated solvents. The technique and the results of its application are presented. The site was a former chemical storage plant for acids and solvents. Two distinct solvent plumes were detected within the ground using a photo-ionisation detector. The solvents were found to be dissolved in the groundwater and migrating in the general direction of groundwater flow. A remediation strategy was proposed involving the localised excavation of contamination ‘hot spots’ followed by the implementation of a groundwater remediation system. A number of excavation options were discussed and the GIS raster technique was developed to evaluate these options in terms of contaminant removed and excavation cost.
The plumes were initially mapped using a triangular irregular network (TIN). These TIN models were rasterised to produce a regular grid of rectangular cells, each cell having a value relating to the concentration of contaminant at that spatial point. The proposed excavation zones were then overlaid on to the raster models as masks. The relationship between the value of contaminant concentration of cells within the mask (or excavation zone) and the total value of contaminant concentration of cells within the solvent plume was used to determine the efficiency of the excavation.
The excavation options were compared taking into account the percentage of the contaminant plume removed, the excavation area (soil volumes) and related costs. Once the GIS raster technique had been developed, it proved very quick to rerun the analysis for the other excavation zones. The optimum excavation zone, based upon cost and contaminant recovery, was found for the site. The technique helped by targeting the worst area of contamination and provided the client with a cost-benefit analysis of the different remediation options. 相似文献
Inorganic ions, organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC) and a variety of organic single species in airborne particles have been determined at the research station of the Leibniz – Institut für Troposphärenforschung (IfT) in Melpitz (Germany) in autumn 1997.Samples of eight selected measurement events were divided in two groups in order to investigate differences in the chemical composition of particles originating from southwesterly (SW – developed EU countries) or from easterly directions (E – less developed eastern countries). Differences between these two groups were tested statistically by Student's t-test.Five stage cascade impactor samples show nitrate as most abundant in the accumulation mode in the SW group. EC and sulphate show the most abundant mass fractions in the E group. That can be considered as a consequence of domestic coal heating and coal-fired power plant emissions in the region of westerly Poland, northern Czech Republic and easterly Germany. Higher nitrate concentrations in the SW group can be explained by stronger NOx emissions caused by the leeward plume of the conurbation of Leipzig, as well as by the still higher traffic density in western Germany.The methane sulphonic acid (MSA) mass fraction was higher for SW air masses in accumulation mode particles, probably indicating marine origin. Succinic acid also showed higher mass fractions for the SW group. This could be caused by primary emission in automobile exhaust gases and photochemical formation during transport from SW. Indeed, during SW sampling, solar radiation intensity was higher than during E sampling.The observed differences in the particle composition are an expression of the still existing technology gradient in Europe. Future campaigns could show the development to a joint economy with smaller differences in anthropogenic emissions. 相似文献