The effect of precipitation collector design on the measured acid content of precipitation

Abstract

In order to evaluate the effect of different types of collectors on the measured chemical constituents of monthly precipitation collections, an array of fourteen precipitation samplers of five different designs has been in operation at Woodbridge, Ontario since March 1974. The collectors are located in an open field near the city of Toronto in an area of approximately 325 square meters, and it is anticipated that the chemical constituents of the precipitation would be uniform across the array for monthly sample collections.

Parent Publication

• Proceedings of the first international symposium on acid precipitation and the forest ecosystem

Citation

Weibe, H. A. 1976. The effect of precipitation collector design on the measured acid content of precipitation. In: Dochinger, L. S.; Seliga, T. A., eds. Proceedings of the first international symposium on acid precipitation and the forest ecosystem; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-23. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. p.135