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Environmental Science: Environmental Chemistry
Acid Rain in Carolina Puerto Rico
Rafael Méndez-Tejeda; José Penalbert-Ramos
Corresponding author:: Rafael Méndez-Tejeda, University of Puerto Rico at Carolina, Natural Sciences Department, Apdo. 48000, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00984-4800; e-mail: rmendez@upracd.upr.clu.edu
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/ehs2001.01.002 - - - The paper presents the results of a study conducted to investigate the variation in pH values of rainfall samples taken in the northeast region of Puerto Rico. Rainfall samples were collected at the Carolina urban and sub-urban site and at El Yunque rainforest. The rainfall samples were collected during the period of June 1997 to June 1999, and the pH measurement levels were determined. The pH values obtained in the El Yunque rainforest region were compared to the values obtained at Carolina urban and sub-urban sites. The average pH value measured for the period studied was 5.01 at El Yunque and was 4.64 for the Carolina sites. The result shows a greater tendency toward acidity at the Carolina site. | | Keywords: Acid; Carolina; environmental chemistry; pH values; Puerto Rico; rainfall; rainNational Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP); research articles |
1 EHS (1) 1-3 (2001)
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