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Title:	The role of air masses on iron concentrations in wet atmospheric deposition over the urbanized coastal zone of the Gulf of Gdańsk
Authors:	Bełdowska Magdalena Falkowska Lucyna Sikorowicz Gabriela Lewandowska Anita Madeja Jolanta
Abstract:	This paper describes the role of air masses in transporting iron to the coastal zone of the Gulf of Gdansk. Fe(II) concentrations in rainfall were measured between 19th January and 30^th November 2005 in Gdynia, during which time they varied from 0.74 μmol dm^-3 to 97.45 μmol dm^-3. The relationship between iron concentrations and precipitation amount, including during preceding rainless periods, was calculated. The effectiveness of washing iron out of the atmosphere is described by the exponential function of precipitation duration. Air masses arriving from west of the area transport terrigenous iron to the coastal zone of the Gulf of Gdańsk, while anthropogenic sources in Western Europe and Pomerania hardly affected the iron concentrations.
DOI:	10.2478/v10009-007-0044-z
Type of paper:	Original research paper
Pages:	21 to 37
Cytation:	Falkowska L., Lewandowska A., Sikorowicz G., Bełdowska M., Madeja H.J., 2008, The role of air masses on iron concentrations in wet atmospheric deposition over the urbanized coastal zone of the Gulf of Gdańsk, Ocean. Hydrob. Studies, 37(2): 21-37, DOI 10.2
Keywords:	Fe(II) in rainwater, trajectory of air masses, coastal zone of the Gulf of Gdańsk
Year:	2008
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