Abstract

Tall stacks are an effective means of reducing ground level concentrations near to sources, though they do not reduce the total burden of pollution in the atmosphere. In recent discussions of the acid rain question it has often been assumed that the use of tall stacks has had an adverse effect by allowing material to spread more widely in the atmosphere. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of height of SO/sub 2/ emission releases on total sulfur deposition using a simple calculation.

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