The weak acid nature of precipitation

Abstract

Recent measurements of the pH of precipitation leave no doubt that rainfall is acidic. Evidence will be presented that precipitation is a weak acid system. The results of this research indicate the need to establish standard sampling procedures to provide uniform sampling of precipitation

Parent Publication

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

Citation

Frohliger, John O.; Kane, Robert L. 1976. The weak acid nature 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.381