Open AccessTransport and fate of gaseous pollutants associated with the National Energy Program.
Author(s) -
A. P. Altshuller,
Warren B. Johnson,
John S. Nader,
B.L. Niemann,
D. BRUCE TURNER,
William E. Wilson,
Gregory J. D'Alessio
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.8036155
Subject(s) - sulfate , acid rain , environmental science , pollutant , nitric acid , environmental chemistry , range (aeronautics) , precipitation , visibility , air pollutants , vegetation (pathology) , environmental protection , air pollution , chemistry , meteorology , geography , materials science , inorganic chemistry , medicine , organic chemistry , pathology , composite material
The experimental evidence related to the long-range transport and transformations of sulfates has been critically reviewed. It has been concluded that sulfate emissions from various sources can be superimposed on each other during long-range transport to create episodes far from the contributing sources. Sulfates are important contributors to degrading visibility through the United States including relatively pristine areas in the western United States. Acid sulfate components, along with nitric acid, may increase the problem of acidity in precipitation on soils, vegetation, and lakes in certain areas of the eastern United States. Improvements in monitoring of these pollutants are required to follow changes in air quality caused by long-range transport.
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