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Research article
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16 Jul 2026
Research article |
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Alkaline dust deposition to foliage surfaces likely enhances the dry deposition velocity of SO2: an investigation in the Alberta Oil-Sands Region using the GEM-MACH air-quality model
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Paul A. Makar
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Kenjiro Toyota
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Colin Lee
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Verica Savic-Jovcic
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sepehr Fathi
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mahtab Majdzadeh
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Katherine Hayden
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
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A community dry deposition algorithm for modeling the gaseous dry deposition process in chemistry transport models was extended to include an additional 12 oxidized volatile organic compounds and hydrogen cyanide based on their physicochemical properties and was then evaluated using field flux measurements over a mixed forest. This study provides a useful tool that is needed in chemistry transport models with increasing complexity for simulating an important atmospheric process.
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This work identifies an important and hitherto unsuspected controlling factor influencing the rate of deposition of atmospheric gases to foliage surfaces. We show base cation-containing dust that settles on foliage can raise the pH of thin water films on leaves, significantly increasing sulphur dioxide dry deposition rates (often by more than 1 cm s-1), and lowering concentrations (by up to 60%), near sources of alkaline dust emissions, changing sulphur deposition fluxes' spatial distribution.
This work identifies an important and hitherto unsuspected controlling factor influencing the...
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