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Bulk precipitation was sampled every 2 weeks for more than 2 yr in a lowland catchment in the eastern part of the Netherlands and dissolved constituents were determined. This paper discusses only concentrations of the main constituents: S04, NH4, Cl, NO3, Na, Ca, H, Mg, and K (in decreasing order) and tries to delineate specific source regions for these ion species. Despite the complex character of precipitation chemistry and the rather long sampling interval, statistical evaluation (cluster- and discriminant analyses) of the data provided discriminating results. Four sources could be distinguished: seaspray supplying major part of Na, Mg, and CI; industrial activities (Ruhr area) contributing excess amounts of Cl and SO4 in association with NH4; rural activities supplying N03, while K, Ca and excess amounts of Na and Mg mainly derive from local dust. No clear source area could be detected for H, but it was shown that SO2-emission is the main source of acidification of precipitation at the study catchment.
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Duysings, J.J.H.M., Verstraten, J.M., Bruijnzeel, L. et al. Relationships between precipitation chemistry and some meteorological parameters in the Netherlands: a statistical evaluation. Water Air Soil Pollut 28, 213–223 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00583488
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