Citation. Stoeckenius, T. E.; Shepard, S. B.; Iwamiya, R. K. 1995. Analysis of dry deposition monitoring data in Minnesota and surrounding areas. Report of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, Minnesota.   [1142  LTER]

Introduction. Air monitoring data of species important to dry deposition collected by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) at 13 sites in Minnesota between 1984 and 1993 were analyzed along with similar data collected at sites in northeastern Minnesota, Ontario, and Wisconsin by three other organizations. The analyses were designed to yield information needed to

• evaluate the accuracy and precision of the measurements,
• identify the major features of the ambient data including means, relationships between sites and species, and sources of variability,
• compare MPCA monitoring methods and results with those of similar networks with stations in and around Minnesota, and
• guide future analyses by identifying areas for further investigation.