Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network: methods

This section describes measurement methods used by CAPMoN.

• Precipitation Chemistry , 24 hour integrated samples. Cl^-, NO₃^-, SO₄⁼, NH₄⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Ca⁺⁺, Mg⁺⁺, pH
• Particles and Related Trace Gases , 24 hour integrated filter samples. particulate Cl^-, NO₃^-, SO₄⁼, NH₄⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Ca⁺⁺, Mg⁺⁺, gaseous HNO₃ and SO₂
• Tropospheric (ground level) Ozone Measurements , hourly averages.
• Nitrogen Measurements , gaseous NO, NO₂, and NO_y hourly averages.
• Size Selective Particulate Matter ,24 hour integrated samples PM_2.5 , PM₁₀ and coarse fraction mass
• Total Gaseous Mercury , hourly averages
• Hg in Precipitation , weekly integrated samples