Chemical and Mineral Characteristics of Melted Snow-Water in the Jilin Province, North-East China

Atmospheric, as an important part of the ecosystem, has an important influence on the environment and ecology. Air pollution had become one of the environmental issues concerned widespread. The ecologicalenvironment had been affected by the particles in the atmosphere. Furthermore, particles were also harmful to the environment, cloud formation, atmosphere visibility, climate, and human health. Due to the relative large size, coarse particles generally precipitated to the ground through wet deposition. While fine particles still remained in the atmosphere for several weeks and could be transported through atmospheric circulation. 

Therefore, fine particles greatly impacted the environment. Understanding the physical and chemical properties of the particles in the snowfall is the most important prerequisite to investigate the impact of winter snowfall on the environment. Saxena and Ruggiero foundNa+, Cl-, SO42- and NO3- to be the predominant ions in precipitation atMcMurdo. Delmas reported sulfate, sodium, chloride, carbonaceous species and trace amounts of NH4+ and NO3- in precipitation on the Antarctic Plateau. Warburton and Linkletter found Na+, Mg2+, and K+ to be the predominant ions collected in snow on the Ross Ice Shelf. Mulvaneyand Wolff found low nitrate and sulfate, and high chloride concentrations in January ice core samples from the Weddell Sea sector of Antarctica.