The Great Lakes' integrated atmospheric deposition network

Abstract

Beginning in the early 1990s, a network of monitoring stations around the U.S.-Canadian Great Lakes region began measuring atmospheric deposition of selected pollutants. Today, from urban and rural locations, these stations are providing important data on whether bans on certain pesticides work, how far city pollution travels, and how much airborne pollutants contribute to the problems in the Great Lakes. Stephanie Buehler and Ron Hites of Indiana University describe the atmospheric deposition network and discuss some of its significant findings.