The relationship between seasonal variations of total-nitrogen and total-phosphorus in rainfall and air mass advection paths in Matsue, Japan

• Published in: Atmospheric environment (1994) Vol. 43; no. 22; pp. 3496 - 3501
• Main Authors: Yoshioka, Katsuhiro, Kamiya, Hiroshi, Kano, Yoshihiro, Saki, Yukiko, Yamamuro, Masumi, Ishitobi, Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; Continental air mass; Exact sciences and technology; Marine; Maritime air mass; Pollutants physicochemistry study: properties, effects, reactions, transport and distribution; Pollution; Rainfall; Total-nitrogen; Total-phosphorus; Asia; Japan; Japan, Honshu, Shimane Prefect., Matsue; Russia, Siberia; INW, Russia, Siberia; China, People's Rep; INW, Japan; Continental air mass; Rainfall; Maritime air mass; Total-phosphorus; Total-nitrogen; Ammonium; Atmospheric fallout; Pollutant behavior; Nitrogen compounds; Nitrates; Long term variation; Wet deposition; Air mass; Seasonal variation; Rain water; Air pollution; Phosphorus compound; Trajectory; Concentration distribution

We collected rainwater samples from every rainfall in Matsue, Japan in order to study variations of nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations over time. The seasonal average concentration by magnitude order of Total Nitrogen (here after T-N) was highest in winter, then in spring, fall, and summer and t...