Soil & Water Res., 2008, 3(10):S68-S73 | DOI: 10.17221/1406-SWR

Pollutant concentrations in rime and fog water

Jaroslav Fišák1, Miroslav Tesař2, Daniela Fottová3
1 Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic
2 Institute of Hydrodynamics of the AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic
3 Czech Geological Survey, Prague, Czech Republic

: The present study deals with a comparison between the pollutant concentrations in the samples of rime and of fog water (so-called deposited or occult precipitation) collected at the Milešovka Observatory. Although rime can be observed during a limited part of the year, it still has an important share in the total amount of precipitation and can contribute significantly to a local increase in pollutant loads. The total sum of the selected free ions in the rime water represents approximately a half of the total sum of the selected free ions in the fog water. The relative contents of free ions in the mean sample were different in rime and fog water with the exception of K+, Mg2+ and F- that did not show any significant variations.

Keywords: fog water; rime water; pollutant concentration

Published: December 31, 2008  Show citation

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Fišák J, Tesař M, Fottová D. Pollutant concentrations in rime and fog water. Soil & Water Res. 2008;3(Special Issue 1):S68-73. doi: 10.17221/1406-SWR.
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