Time trends in the concentrations of lead in wet precipitation from rural and urban sites in Austria

Citation
M. Kalina et al., Time trends in the concentrations of lead in wet precipitation from rural and urban sites in Austria, CHEMOSPHERE, 38(11), 1999, pp. 2509-2515
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CHEMOSPHERE
ISSN journal
00456535 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2509 - 2515
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(199905)38:11<2509:TTITCO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Trend and time series analysis of concentrations of lead in wet precipitati on at different rural and urban sampling sites in Austria, collected during intervals of 6 - 12 years (between 1984 and 1995) is performed. A substant ial decrease of the lead concentrations for all sites in consideration is o bserved similar to observations in Germany, Sweden and North sea and wester n Atlantic regions. Reductions in rural sites between 60 and 80 % in 10 yea rs and around 90 % in 10 years in urban areas are found. This trend correla tes with the reduction of lead emissions from combustion of gasoline. The s easonal deconvolution model of the data set reveals a typical seasonality w ith lead concentration peaks in summer and spring for the rural sites and w inter peaks for urban sites. The average annual lead concentration in the r ural region for 1995 was 1.25 mu g/l, in the urban region 2.25 mu g/l. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.