Chemical characterization of cloud episodes at a ridge site in Tuscan Appennines, Italy |
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| Authors: | R Cini F Prodi G Santachiara F Porc S Bellandi A M Stortini C Oppo R Udisti F Pantani |
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| Institution: | a Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy;b Clouds and Precipitation Group, Institute ISAO-CNR, Bologna, Italy;c Department of Physics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy;d Public Health, Epidemiology and Environmental Analytical Chemistry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy;e Department of Chemistry, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy |
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| Abstract: | Cloudwater samples were collected from November 1992 to March 1995 in Vallombrosa, a mountain site of the Tuscan Apennines (central Italy). Chemical analyses show that all examined inorganic ions contributed significantly to the total ionic content (TIC). The ratio SO42−/NO4− ranged from 0.92 to 3.46 and was >1 for 86% of samples. There is a wide range in the chemical composition of the cloudwater. The total ionic content ranged from 640 to 7476 μeq l−1 and pH from 3.17 to 6.22. The liquid water content (LWC) ranged from 0.06 to 0.94 g m−3 and electrical conductivity from 47 to 485 μΩ−1. The total ionic content decreases while the liquid water content increases. Also analyzed were soluble trace metals (Fe, Pb, Cu, Mn, Cd, Al), synthetic anionic surfactants and the methanesulphonic acid. Chemical analyses evidenced in some cases a high concentration of organic matter. The meteorological analysis for a few samples of individual passages was carried out for the possibility of establishing a correspondence between meteorological events and chemical composition. The sources (marine, crustal and anthropogenic) of chemical components were deduced. |
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| Keywords: | Aerosol Enrichment factor Meteorology Scavenging Surfactant organic matter |
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