| Contents Notes |
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Sources -- Atmospheric transport, transformation, and deposition processes -- Trends in acidity -- Adverse and beneficial effects of acid precipitation -- Mitigative strategies -- Summary of issues, concerns, and further research needs -- Current and proposed research on acid precipitation -- 1. Acid precipitation and its measurement -- Discovery of the phenomenon -- Possible effects -- Department of energy and environmental protection agency interest and involvement -- 2. Sources -- Natural sources of SOx and NOx -- Anthropogenic sources of SOx and NOx emissions -- 3. Atmospheric transport, transformation, and deposition processes -- Meteorological variability -- Atmospheric chemistry and physics -- Review of regional transport and deposition modeling -- International aspects of transport -- Interregional differences -- 4. Adverse and beneficial effects of acid precipitation -- Effect of acidic precipitation on aquatic ecosystems -- Effect of acidic precipitation on terrestrial ecosystems -- Effect of acidic precipitation on materials -- Effects of acidic precipitation on human health -- 5. Mitigative strategies -- Emission reductions -- Regulatory alternatives evaluated -- Liming -- 6. Summary of issues, uncertainties and further research needs -- 7. Current and proposed research on acid precipitation -- Department of energy -- Environment protection agency -- The electric power research institute. |
