Comments on the Investigation of the Deposition of Atmospheric Pollutants

Abstract

This colloquium is part of a R&D-programme which is funded by the Federal Environmental Agency in the framework of the Environmental Research Programme of the Ministry of the Interior. The research is being carried out under the leadership of Professor H.-W. Georgii of the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics of the University of Frankfurt and is concerned with the deposition of atmospheric pollutants with special emphasis on wet deposition. From an environmental point of view the measurements of sulphates, nitrates and heavy metals in a precipitation chemistry network is of great importance, because these components pose a threat to ecology in regions well removed from industrialized areas.