Chemical characteristics of summer precipitation at Point Barrow, Arctic Alaska

ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE ›› 1997, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (1-English): 1-7.

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Chemical characteristics of summer precipitation at Point Barrow, Arctic Alaska

Hou Shugui¹, Qin Dahe¹ and Zhang Qingsong²

¹Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China ²Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Online:1947-03-30 Published:1947-03-30
Contact: Hou Shugui
Supported by:
This project was funded by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wildlife Department of North Slope of Borough, Alaska.

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Precipitation samples collected at Point Barrow, Alaska in the August and September of 1994 was analyzed for pH, conductivity and all major ions. A mean pH value of 5.53 was gained, and the samples' conductivity showed no linear correlation with its acidity, which did not agree to the similar work results on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. Cl^- and Na⁺ were found to originate mainly with seasalt. The concentrations of SO₄^2- varied from event to event. But the exSO₄^2- concentrations remained small, which indicated less anthropogenic effect on the environment at the site.

Key words: Point Barrow, precipitation, composition

Hou Shugui, Qin Dahe, Zhang Qingsong. Chemical characteristics of summer precipitation at Point Barrow, Arctic Alaska[J]. ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE, 1997, 8(1-English): 1-7.

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