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• TITLE: Chemical Composition and Sources of Rainwater Collected at a Semi-Rural Site in Ya’an, Southwestern China

  AUTHORS: Min Zhao, Li Li, Zhilin Liu, Bin Chen, Jianqiu Huang, Jinwang Cai, Shihuai Deng

  KEYWORDS: Acid Rain; Chemical Composition; Ammonia; Source Apportionment; Ya’an

  JOURNAL NAME: Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, Vol.3 No.4, September 11, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Rain and snow water samples were collected from Sep. 2010 to Jun. 2011 at a semi-rural site in Ya’an, a city located in the rain-belt along the Tibetan Plateau, to characterize the chemical composition and the sources of precipitation. The collected samples were severely acidified with an annual volume-weighted mean (VWM) pH of 4.03 and an annual acid rain frequency of 79%. SO42- and NH4+ were the most abundant ions, followed by Ca2+, H+, NO3-, Cl-, K+, Na+, F- and Mg2+. The acidity of samples was predominantly generated by H2SO4 and HNO3, which were neutralized by NH4+ and Ca2+ as much as 65%. NH3 played a major role in neutralizing the acid rain. The average ambient concentration of NH3 was 174.2 μg/m3 during sampling periods. Different source apportionment methods, including principle component analysis (PCA), enrichment factor (EF), correlation and back-trajectory analysis were used to track the sources of rainwater. The methods suggested that the pollutants in rainwater were from both local and long-distance transport (1:2.2), or they were from anthropogenic actions (86.4%), sea salts (8.1%) and crustal (5.5%) respectively.