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Long-term monitoring of cloud water chemistry at Whiteface Mountain: the emergence of a new chemical regime
Christopher E. Lawrence
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, SUNY ETEC building, 1220 Washington Ave, Albany NY 12226, USA
Paul Casson
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, SUNY ETEC building, 1220 Washington Ave, Albany NY 12226, USA
Richard Brandt
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, SUNY ETEC building, 1220 Washington Ave, Albany NY 12226, USA
James J. Schwab
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, SUNY ETEC building, 1220 Washington Ave, Albany NY 12226, USA
James E. Dukett
Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation (ALSC), 1115 NYS Rt.86, P.O. Box 296, Ray Brook NY 12977, USA
Phil Snyder
Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation (ALSC), 1115 NYS Rt.86, P.O. Box 296, Ray Brook NY 12977, USA
Elizabeth Yerger
Paul Smith's College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI), P.O. Box 265, Routes 86 and 30, Paul Smiths NY 12970, USA
Daniel Kelting
Paul Smith's College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI), P.O. Box 265, Routes 86 and 30, Paul Smiths NY 12970, USA
Trevor C. VandenBoer
Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, SUNY ETEC building, 1220 Washington Ave, Albany NY 12226, USA
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Atmospheric aqueous chemistry can have profound effects on our environment, as illustrated by historical data from Whiteface Mountain (WFM) that were critical for uncovering the process of acid rain. The current study updates the long-term trends in cloud water composition at WFM for the period 1994 to 2021. We highlight the emergence of a new chemical regime at WFM dominated by organics and ammonium, quite different from the highly acidic regime observed in the past but not necessarily
clean.
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