The project DONAIRE is carrying
out, for the first time in Spain, an integrated
study on atmospheric deposition in different micro-environments
in North-Eastern Spain. Our approach will
characterize atmospheric deposition in terms of
geochemical, magnetic and mineralogical properties,
at 12 observatories from remote areas in the
Pyrenees, the Ebro Basin or some Mediterranean
mountain ranges towards more polluted environments
including populated cities (Pamplona, Zaragoza,
Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca), industrial areas
(Monzón, Huesca), irrigated agricultural terrains
(Cinco Villas region, Zaragoza) or the influence
area of a windmill park in Almudévar (Huesca). When
possible, our devices have been installed in
permanent air quality monitoring sites (8 out of
12), in order to maximize the efforts already done
and with the objective of taking the advantage of
supplementary data for DONAIRE. The project offially
started at the beginning of 2016, although field
measurements were initiated in June 2016. In our
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DONAIRE
project will:
· quantify
atmospheric deposition fluxes in terms of mass and
chemical composition
· evaluate
the geochemical enrichment observed in polluted
environments with respect to the nearest remote
references
· perform
a complete charcaterization of magnetic properties
of atmospheric deposition
· investigate
on the sources of atmospheric deposition and their
contributions
· look
for interesting relationships between chemical
species or sources with respect to magnetic outcomes
ir order to establish valuable proxys
· evaluate
the ecotoxicity of atmospheric deposition on soil
bacterial communities
Overall, DONAIRE is a pluridisciplinar research
project performing a number of activities in earth
sciences domains including geology, meteorology,
environmental chemistry and ecology. To fulfill the
objectives of the project we will use consolidated
methodologies in the specific fields of study. |