ASTM D5111-99(2006)

Standard Guide for Choosing Locations and Sampling Methods to Monitor Atmospheric Deposition at Non-Urban Locations

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
The guide consolidates into one document, siting criteria and sampling strategies used routinely in various North American atmospheric deposition monitoring programs.
The guide leads the user through the steps of site selection, sampling frequency and sampling equipment selection, and presents quality assurance techniques and other considerations necessary to obtain a representative deposition sample for subsequent chemical analysis.
The guide extends Practice D 1357 to include specific guidelines for sampling atmospheric deposition including acidic deposition.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide assists individuals or agencies in identifying suitable locations and choosing appropriate sampling strategies for monitoring atmospheric deposition at non-urban locations. It does not purport to discuss all aspects of designing atmospheric deposition monitoring networks.
1.2 The guide is suitable for use in obtaining estimates of the dominant inorganic constituents and trace metals found in acidic deposition. It addresses both wet and dry deposition and includes cloud water, fog and snow.
1.3 The guide is best used to determine estimates of atmospheric deposition in non-urban areas although many of the sampling methods presented can be applied to urban environments.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Mar-2006
• ICS: 07.060 - Geology. Meteorology. Hydrology
• Technical Committee: D22 - Air Quality
• Drafting Committee: D22.03 - Ambient Atmospheres and Source Emissions

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D5111-99 - Standard Guide for Choosing Locations and Sampling Methods to Monitor Atmospheric Deposition at Non-Urban Locations
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2006
• Referred By: ASTM D1356-20a - Standard Terminology Relating to Sampling and Analysis of Atmospheres
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2006
• Referred By: ASTM D5015-15(2022) - Standard Test Method for pH of Atmospheric Wet Deposition Samples by Electrometric Determination
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2006
• Referred By: ASTM D6363-20 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide and Combined Organic Peroxides in Atmospheric Water Samples by Peroxidase Enzyme Fluorescence Method
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2006
• Referred By: ASTM D6328-18 - Standard Guide for Quality Assurance Protocols for Chemical Analysis of Atmospheric Wet Deposition
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2006

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D5111 − 99(Reapproved 2006)
Standard Guide for
Choosing Locations and Sampling Methods to Monitor
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Atmospheric Deposition at Non-Urban Locations
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D5111; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.2.1 collocated sampling—the use of more than one sam-
1.1 This guide assists individuals or agencies in identifying
pling device within a monitoring site.
suitablelocationsandchoosingappropriatesamplingstrategies
for monitoring atmospheric deposition at non-urban locations.
3.2.2 event sampling—a special form of intermittent sam-
It does not purport to discuss all aspects of designing atmo- pling (Terminology D1356) where the duration of a sampling
spheric deposition monitoring networks.
period is defined as a single, discrete occurrence of
precipitation, dew, fog or frost.
1.2 The guide is suitable for use in obtaining estimates of
the dominant inorganic constituents and trace metals found in 3.2.3 fetch—a vector within the local area which describes
acidic deposition. It addresses both wet and dry deposition and the direction and area of, or within, an air mass that will be
includes cloud water, fog and snow. sampled by a sampling device.
3.2.4 filter-pack—a sampling device comprised of one or
1.3 The guide is best used to determine estimates of
atmospheric deposition in non-urban areas although many of more filters in series where each filter is designed to sample an
atmospheric chemical species or remove interferences to a
the sampling methods presented can be applied to urban
environments. subsequent filter. Filters may be of different design; material;
or be coated or impregnated to obtain the specificity of
2. Referenced Documents
chemical species required.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.2.5 inferential sampling—an indirect sampling method
D1356 Terminology Relating to Sampling and Analysis of
thatutilizesamathematicalmodeltoquantifyanunmeasurable
Atmospheres
or difficult to measure property of atmospheric deposition.
D1357 Practice for Planning the Sampling of the Ambient
3.2.6 local area—an area of a few square kilometers which
Atmosphere
describesanareaofcommonvegetation,land-surfaceformand
D3249 Practice for General Ambient Air Analyzer Proce-
land use surrounding the monitoring site and defines the local
dures
characteristics surrounding the sampling device, see Fig. 1.
D4841 Practice for Estimation of Holding Time for Water
3.2.7 monitoring site—a radius of a few decameters which
Samples Containing Organic and Inorganic Constituents
immediately surrounds the sampling device, see Fig. 1.
D5012 Guide for Preparation of Materials Used for the
Collection and Preservation of Atmospheric Wet Deposi-
3.2.8 regional area—an area between the local area and a
tion
threshold that defines where any single local area characteristic
can not be distinguished from regional characteristics, see Fig.
3. Terminology
1.
3.1 For definitions of terms used in this guide, refer to
3.2.9 sequential sampling—withdrawal of a portion of the
Terminology D1356.
atmosphere over a period of time with continuous analysis or
with separation of the desired material continuously and in a
linear form. Such a sample may be obtained with a consider-
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D22 on Air Quality
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D22.03 on Ambient Atmospheres able concentration of the contaminant but it still indicates
and Source Emissions.
fluctuations in that property which occur during the period of
Current edition approved April 1, 2006. Published June 2006. Originally
sampling (Terminology D1356; see sample, running).
approved in 1990. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as D5111 - 99. DOI:
10.1520/D5111-99R06.
3.2.10 surrogate surface sampling—a sampling technique
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
that utilizes an artificial surface to estimate dry deposition.
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Ideally, the artificial surface chosen will approximate the real
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. surface’s roughness and wetness properties. In practice this is
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