Physical and Chemical Components of Cuba’s Rain: Effects on Air Quality
Table 2
Wet deposition flow (FD) for ions (meq/m2/year) in monitoring air pollution rural stations in Cuba during the period of November 2008–October 2009 and other rural sites in the world.
Wet deposition flow, meq/m2/year
Ion
S. Vegas
Casablanca
Nuevitas
U. Oriente
NE of USAa
Piracicaba Brasilb
Cl−
93.9
35.2
108
74.3
25.0
7.4
16.9
8.5
7.8
8.4
30.0
18.4
56.0
15.1
32.2
35.6
65.0
20.0
6.6
2.5
3.0
5.2
—
—
6.1
4.8
1.3
3.6
—
—
Na+
72.2
22.1
57
58.7
20.0
3.5
15.7
7.7
7.9
22.1
15.0
16.5
K+
8.2
1.2
7.2
12.3
2.0
4.2
Mg2+
41.5
6.4
20.4
10.2
5.0
2.0
Ca2+
103
28.5
85.7
42.1
15.0
5.8
aMigliavacca et al. [8]; bLara et al. [16]; —not informed.
