Physical and Chemical Components of Cuba’s Rain: Effects on Air Quality

Table 1

Wet deposition flow (FD) for ions (meq/m²/year) monitoring air pollution urban stations in Cuba in the period of November 2008–October 2009 and other urban places in the world.

Wet deposition flow, meq/m^2/year
	Palma	Colón	Palo Seco	C. Maestre	P. Mayari	G. Piedra	Guantanamo	NW Europe*
Cl^−	63.7	87.8	44.0	67.6	32.8	37.0	59.1	—
	9.0	14.0	11.4	10.3	22.5	20.6	11.9	5.0
	40.2	32.3	24.5	37.9	44.4	32.4	37.3	15
	4.2	3.5	4.7	6.2	3.1	8.1	11.9	—
	11.4	4.4	3.1	10.8	3.8	7.8	37.3	—
Na^+	55.2	46.7	41.2	41.3	32.1	34.5	50.7	—
	16.0	47.5	12.5	21.1	11.4	9.1	18.1	5.0
K^+	2.1	15.2	4.2	8.3	2.6	2.6	11.3	—
Mg^2+	19.6	20.1	13.1	15.0	15.4	10.5	20.7	2.0
Ca^2+	74.1	37.8	29.5	54.2	32.1	28.9	67.4	5.0

*Migliavacca et al. [8]; —not informed.