Author(s)

R. Zimmerling and U. Dammgen

Abstract

Comparison of the Sampling Properties of the Bulk Deposition Samplers "Rotenkamp B" and "Miinden" A contribution to subproject BIATEX-2 R Zimmerling and U. Dammgen Federal Agricultural Research Center Braunschweig-Volkenrode, Institute for Agroecology, Bundesallee 50, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany Background Bulk deposition samplers are used to determine the atmospheric input of sedimenting wet and dry particles into terrestrial ecosystems. Gases and aerosols interfere with the selective sampling of sedimenting particles. In Germany, "Munden" bulk samplers have been widely applied to determine bulk depositions of nutrient ions (Balazs, 1991). So far, little is known about their sampling properties. In contrast, "Rotenkamp B" bulk samplers, which were developed for the measurement of depositions of S and N species, are well characterised with respect to the sampling of precipitation and the collection of gases and aerosols (

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