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Sulphur and seasalt deposition as reflected by throughfall and runoff chemistry in forested catchments
1Swedish Environmental Research Institute, PO Box 47086, S-40258 Göteborg, Sweden.
Abstract:
At forested catchments at Lake Gårdsjön on the Swedish west coast the deposition and runoff chemistry has been followed during the period 1979-1990 by throughfall and runoff measurements as well as by measurements of atmospheric concentrations. The 10-year means in throughfall and runoff are very similar for sulphur and the main seasalt ions sodium and chloride; for sulphur 26.1 and 27.6 kg ha(-1) yr(-1), for sodium 49 and 52 kg ha(-1) yr(-1) and for chloride 96 kg ha(-1) yr(-1) and 93 kg ha(-1) yr(-1), respectively. The actual flows are 100-200% higher than the wet deposition as collected in open bulk precipitation collectors indicating a very large input by dry deposition. One important question is to what extent the throughfall and runoff values can be used as measures of total deposition. We present results from studies at different experimental catchments illustrating the possibilities of using throughfall and runoff data as measures of atmospheric deposition of sulphur and seasalt.
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