Trends in the content of acidifying and eutrophying compounds in atmospheric precipitation in an urbanized area
https://doi.org/10.29235/1561-8323-2021-65-6-724-733
Abstract
The trends in changing the content of sulfur and nitrogen in atmospheric precipitation in the territory of Minsk over an 18-year period are characterized on the basis of the analysis of the monitoring results of the chemical composition of atmospheric precipitation at the experimental site. A downtrend in the sulfur and nitrogen content combined with an uptrend in the precipitation acidity was identified. An average decrease (trend) in the content of sulfur in atmospheric precipitation for 2002–2019 was 0.019 mg S/dm3/year, of oxidized nitrogen – 0.008 mg/dm3, of reduced nitrogen – 0.019 mg/dm3. Over an 18-year period, the changes in the content of sulfur and nitrogen in atmospheric precipitation decreased the deposition of sulfur on average by 31.3 kg/km2/year, of oxidized nitrogen – by 15.4 kg/km2/year, of reduced nitrogen – by 25.6 kg/km2/year. It is shown that for the period from 2005 to 2012, the acidification potential of the natural environment decreased parallel to the reduction of the sulfur and nitrogen deposition; in the subsequent period, the trend of the acidification potential basically follows the trend of the precipitation of the main cations. It is revealed that the rates of average reduction in the content of oxidized sulfur and oxidized nitrogen in atmospheric precipitation in Minsk for the period from 2002 to 2017 are comparable to the rates of reduction of these compounds at the stations of the EMEP Program in Europe, and exceed those for reduced nitrogen.
About the Authors
S. V. Kakareka
Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Kakareka Sergey V. – D. Sc. (Engineering), Professor, Head of the Laboratory
10, Skorina Str., 220076, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Yu. G. Kokosh
Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Kokosh Yuliya G. – Ph. D. (Geography), Senior researcher
10, Skorina Str., 220076, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
M. A. Kudrevich
Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Kudrevich Mariya A. – Junior researcher
10, Skorina Str., 220076, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
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