Wet deposition

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030344",
  "term": "Wet deposition",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Pollutants in the air that fall onto the land or water with rain or snow.\n\n2. The process by which chemicals are removed from the atmosphere and deposited on the Earth's surface via rain, sleet, snow, cloudwater, and fog.\n\n3. Process by which chemicals are removed from the atmosphere and deposited on the Earth's surface via rain, sleet, snow, cloudwater, and fog.\n\n4. Delivery of contaminants by water droplets or ice particles to local surfaces occurs as the result of in-cloud or below-cloud scavenging. In contrast to dry deposition, which occurs when particles are impacted directly on local surfaces, wet deposition occurs when water droplets or ice particles carry scavenged particles to local surfaces.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Acid Rain Glossary",
    "DOE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Improved Formulations for Air-Surface Exchanges Related to National Security Needs: Dry Deposition Models at https://www.pnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-15876.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/wet-deposition/"
}