Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature
The atmosphere is a carrier on which some natural and anthropogenic organic and inorganic chemicals are transported, and the wet and dry deposition events are the most important processes that remove those chemicals, depositing it on soil and water. A wide variety of different collectors were tested...
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| author | M. Amodio S. Catino P. R. Dambruoso G. de Gennaro A. Di Gilio P. Giungato E. Laiola A. Marzocca A. Mazzone A. Sardaro M. Tutino |
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| description | The atmosphere is a carrier on which some natural and anthropogenic organic and inorganic chemicals are transported, and the wet and dry deposition events are the most important processes that remove those chemicals, depositing it on soil and water. A wide variety of different collectors were tested to evaluate site-specificity, seasonality and daily variability of settleable particle concentrations. Deposition fluxes of POPs showed spatial and seasonal variations, diagnostic ratios of PAHs on deposited particles, allowed the discrimination between pyrolytic or petrogenic sources. Congener pattern analysis and bulk deposition fluxes in rural sites confirmed long-range atmospheric transport of PCDDs/Fs. More and more sophisticated and newly designed deposition samplers have being used for characterization of deposited mercury, demonstrating the importance of rain scavenging and the relatively higher magnitude of Hg deposition from Chinese anthropogenic sources. Recently biological monitors demonstrated that PAH concentrations in lichens were comparable with concentrations measured in a conventional active sampler in an outdoor environment. In this review the authors explore the methodological approaches used for the assessment of atmospheric deposition, from the analysis of the sampling methods, the analytical procedures for chemical characterization of pollutants and the main results from the scientific literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-50c8ca6b99a94887a995fa3d97360c5a2025-02-03T01:12:49ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172014-01-01201410.1155/2014/161730161730Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific LiteratureM. Amodio0S. Catino1P. R. Dambruoso2G. de Gennaro3A. Di Gilio4P. Giungato5E. Laiola6A. Marzocca7A. Mazzone8A. Sardaro9M. Tutino10LEnviroS Srl, Spin-Off of University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, ItalyApulia Regions Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA Puglia), Corso Trieste 27, 70126 Bari, ItalyApulia Regions Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA Puglia), Corso Trieste 27, 70126 Bari, ItalyApulia Regions Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA Puglia), Corso Trieste 27, 70126 Bari, ItalyApulia Regions Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA Puglia), Corso Trieste 27, 70126 Bari, ItalyChemistry Department, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, ItalyChemistry Department, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, ItalyChemistry Department, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, ItalyLEnviroS Srl, Spin-Off of University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, ItalyChemistry Department, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, ItalyApulia Regions Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA Puglia), Corso Trieste 27, 70126 Bari, ItalyThe atmosphere is a carrier on which some natural and anthropogenic organic and inorganic chemicals are transported, and the wet and dry deposition events are the most important processes that remove those chemicals, depositing it on soil and water. A wide variety of different collectors were tested to evaluate site-specificity, seasonality and daily variability of settleable particle concentrations. Deposition fluxes of POPs showed spatial and seasonal variations, diagnostic ratios of PAHs on deposited particles, allowed the discrimination between pyrolytic or petrogenic sources. Congener pattern analysis and bulk deposition fluxes in rural sites confirmed long-range atmospheric transport of PCDDs/Fs. More and more sophisticated and newly designed deposition samplers have being used for characterization of deposited mercury, demonstrating the importance of rain scavenging and the relatively higher magnitude of Hg deposition from Chinese anthropogenic sources. Recently biological monitors demonstrated that PAH concentrations in lichens were comparable with concentrations measured in a conventional active sampler in an outdoor environment. In this review the authors explore the methodological approaches used for the assessment of atmospheric deposition, from the analysis of the sampling methods, the analytical procedures for chemical characterization of pollutants and the main results from the scientific literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/161730 |
| spellingShingle | M. Amodio S. Catino P. R. Dambruoso G. de Gennaro A. Di Gilio P. Giungato E. Laiola A. Marzocca A. Mazzone A. Sardaro M. Tutino Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature Advances in Meteorology |
| title | Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature |
| title_full | Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature |
| title_fullStr | Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature |
| title_short | Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature |
| title_sort | atmospheric deposition sampling procedures analytical methods and main recent findings from the scientific literature |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/161730 |
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