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Spatial and temporal pattern of sulfate and nitrate wet deposition in Ontario

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The spatial patterns of the precipitation-weighted mean concentration and total deposition of sulfate and nitrate in Ontario from 1981 to 1983 were determined using the Modified Simple Kriging method. The 3-yr averaged spatial patterns of sulfate and nitrate concentrations were similar to the sulfate and nitrate 3-yr averaged deposition patterns in Ontario. The overall spatial variability of nitrate was slightly higher than sulfate. The seasonal variation of nitrate concentrations and deposition were less regular than sulfate.

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  1. Lusis Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Canada

    A. M. Tang, D. H. S. Chung & M. A. Lusis

  2. Air Resources Branch, 880 Bay Street, M5S 1Z8, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    W. H. Chan

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Tang, A.M., Chan, W.H., Chung, D.H.S. et al. Spatial and temporal pattern of sulfate and nitrate wet deposition in Ontario. Water Air Soil Pollut 30, 263–273 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00305197

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