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Deposition and Atmospheric Nitrogen Concentrations Trends in Cuba

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The NO2, nitrate and ammonia sampling in aerosols and rainfall was carried out at five stations located along the Cuban Island from 1986 to 1991. The sampling and chemical analysis were made mainly on the basis of methodologies recommended by WMO for above mentioned compounds at regional level. The total deposition of these compounds varies from 0.706 to 3.317 g m-2 yr-1. The wet deposition is about of 60%, so that the dry one is 40%. The amount of both depositions depends on our tropical rainy climate features. For some of these compounds the trend is increasing.

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  1. Meteorological Institute of Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Aptdo 17032, Habana 17, C. P. 11700, Havana City, Cuba

    Osvaldo A. Cuesta Santos, Paulo L. Ortiz Bulto & Maria L. Gonzalez Gonzalez

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Cuesta Santos, O.A., Ortiz Bulto, P.L. & Gonzalez Gonzalez, M.L. Deposition and Atmospheric Nitrogen Concentrations Trends in Cuba. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 106, 163–169 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004980612612

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