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Nine years of atmospheric deposition data have been analyzed from six locations along the Canadian shore of Lake Ontario. Results indicate that atmospheric deposition is affected by large scale air masses which influence the entire northern shore, and local inputs which at times could mask the large scale air masses effects. The observed increase in acidity in atmospheric deposition in the early seventies may be due to an imbalance caused by a greater reduction in total suspended particles than in SO2 emissions.
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Chan, C.H., Kuntz, K.W. Lake Ontario atmospheric deposition 1969–1978. Water Air Soil Pollut 18, 83–99 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02419404
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