Data · collection
Atmospheric Deposition of Mercury in the Boston Area
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
Atmospheric deposition has been found to be the dominant source of mercury (Hg) in New England's aquatic environment (Krabbenhoft and others, 1999; Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) and others, 1998).
Description
Little is known about atmospheric mercury deposition in urban areas because most atmospheric monitoring to date has been done in rural areas. Preliminary water, sediment, and fish tissue data, collected by U.S. Geological Survey's New England Coastal Basins (NECB) study as part of the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program, shows elevated concentrations of mercury in the Boston metropolitan area.
The NECB Mercury Deposition Network is a four-site, 2-year data collection effort by the USGS to help define the levels of mercury in precipitation and identify how atmospheric mercury may be contributing to mercury in the aquatic ecosystem. [Summary provided by the USGS.]
Links
Documentation and papers
- nh.water.usgs.gov /projects/nawqa/hg_summ.htm ↗
Summary of 2002 data from the New England Coastal Basins Mercury Deposition Network.
documentation · from NASA CMR
- USGS National Atmospheric Deposition Program. bqs.usgs.gov/acidrain ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2231550487-CEOS_EXTRA.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2231550487-CEOS_EXTRA.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Acid Rain · FIELD INVESTIGATION · Lakes/Reservoirs · Mercury Deposition · Rain · Rivers/Streams · Water Channels · Water Management · Watershed Characteristics · WET/DRY PRECIPITATION SAMPLERS · Wetlands
Provenance · 1 source records, 17 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2231550487-CEOS_EXTRA | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:wet-dry-precipitation-samplers | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/precipitation/liquid-precipitation/rain | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/precipitation/liquid-precipitation/rain/acid-rain | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/environmental-governance-management/environmental-assessments/mercury-deposition | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/environmental-governance-management/water-management | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/lakes-reservoirs | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/rivers-streams | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/water-channels | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/wetlands | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/watershed-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:field-investigation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |