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Major inorganic ions and pH were analyzed from mountain cloud and coastal fog water event samples from New Hampshire and Maine, U.S.A. Based on marine corrected values, the medians for coastal fog were still up to three times higher in ionic concentrations and lower in pH, compared to mountain clouds. Of the acidic constituents, nitrate concentrations were considerably higher in coastal fogs, which correlates with higher concentrations of 03 measured along the New England coast. It is hypothesized that meteorological conditions permit air pollutants emitted in the northeastern US urban corridor to move relatively intact across the Gulf of Maine and to interact with the coastal fogs, which results in differences in the chemistry of coastal fogs and mountain clouds.
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Kimball, K.D., Jagels, R., Gordon, G.A. et al. Differences between new england coastal fog and mountain cloud water chemistry. Water Air Soil Pollut 39, 383–393 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279483
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