Aerosol deposition on plant leaves

James B. Wedding; Roger W. Carlson; James J. Stukel; Fakhri A. Bazzaz

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Aerosol deposition on plant leaves

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Authors:

James B. Wedding, Roger W. Carlson, James J. Stukel, Fakhri A. Bazzaz

Year:

1976

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

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. 897-903

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Abstract

An aerosol generator and wind tunnel system designed for use in aerosol deposition is described. Gross deposition on rough pubescent leaves was nearly 7 times greater than on smooth, waxy leaves. Results suggest that aerosol deposition, on a per unit area basis, for single horizontal streamlining leaves is similar to that for arrays of leaves under similar flow conditions. Wind reentrainment of PbCl₂ particles was negligible while 2.54 cm of simulated rainfall was sufficient to remove 85 percent of recently applied aerosol.

Parent Publication

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

Citation

Wedding, James B.; Carlson, Roger W.; Stukel, James J.; Bazzaz, Fakhri A. 1976. Aerosol deposition on plant leaves. 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. 897-903