Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-3697-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-3697-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
Research article
 | 
20 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 20 Jun 2024

Cost-effective off-grid automatic precipitation samplers for pollutant and biogeochemical atmospheric deposition

Alessia A. Colussi, Daniel Persaud, Melodie Lao, Bryan K. Place, Rachel F. Hems, Susan E. Ziegler, Kate A. Edwards, Cora J. Young, and Trevor C. VandenBoer

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-3697-2024-supplement

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Off-grid automatic precipitation measurements of pH, conductivity, and dissolved organic carbon across the Newfoundland and Labrador Boreal Ecosystem Latitudinal Transect A. A. Colussi et al. https://doi.org/10.20383/103.0945

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Video abstract for cost effective off-grid automatic precipitation samplers for pollutant and biogeochemical atmospheric deposition York University Faculty of Science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IukkigdaOAo

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A new modular and affordable instrument was developed to automatically collect wet deposition continuously with an off-grid solar top-up power package. Monthly collections were performed across the Newfoundland and Labrador Boreal Ecosystem Latitudinal Transect of experimental forest sites from 2015 to 2016. The proof-of-concept systems were validated with baseline measurements of pH and conductivity and then applied to dissolved organic carbon as an analyte of emerging biogeochemical interest. 
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