Precipitation chemistry at a high elevation forest in central Taiwan

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Title:	Precipitation chemistry at a high elevation forest in central Taiwan
Authors:	Ding,SB;Lin,TC;Chan,SC;Huang,JL;Lin,NH
Contributors:	大氣物理研究所
Keywords:	LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT;CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION;WEATHER CONDITIONS;DEPOSITION;THROUGHFALL;SIMULATION;REGION
Date:	2011
Issue Date:	2012-03-27 17:30:40 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	國立中央大學
Abstract:	High elevation ecosystems are particularly sensitive to environmental change. Mountain agriculture is extending to areas at high elevations in Taiwan but the effects on nutrient cycling of the surrounding ecosystems are largely unknown. We examined precipitation chemistry at Piluchi Experimental Forest in central Taiwan to evaluate the contributions of local air pollution and long-range transport of air pollutants on nutrient cycling at this seemingly remote forest. Sea-salt aerosols and anthropogenic pollutants resulting from long-range transport of air pollutants and mountain agriculture activities are the key factors affecting precipitation chemistry at Piluchi Experimental Forest. Precipitation chemistry was dominated by ions of oceanic origin in the summer and by anthropogenic pollutants SO(4) (2-), NO(3) (-) and NH(4) (+) in the winter and spring, the northeast monsoon season. The much higher concentrations of S and N in the northeast monsoon season than the summer suggest a substantial contribution from long-range transport as the prevailing air masses moved from inland China and passed over the industrialized east coast of China before arriving in Taiwan. The very high concentration of NH(4) (+) (22 mu eq L(-1)) in the spring, when the local application of N-containing fertilizers was high, signifies the influences of mountain agriculture. Despite very low concentrations relative to other sites in Taiwan, annual input of NH(4) (+) (3.6 kg ha(-1) year(-1)), NO(3) (-) (7.2 kg ha(-1) year(-1)) and SO(4) (2-) (10 kg ha(-1) year(-1)) via precipitation was substantial suggesting that high elevation ecosystems of Taiwan are not free from the threat of atmospheric deposition of pollutants.
Relation:	JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Atmospheric Sciences and Graduate Institute of Atmospheric Physics ] journal & Dissertation

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