Table 5.  Monthly and annual total nitrogen deposition at sites 1 and 2, Coastal Bend area, south Texas, 1996–98

Site   Annual
rainfall
(inches)  

Total nitrogen
(pounds per acre)

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Annual  

1996

1

18.21

0.01

0

0.10

0.09

0.02

0.47

0

0.69

0.23

0.11

0.18

0.16

2.06

2

11.16

0

0

.02

.15

.06

.07

.02

.49

.36

.10

.18

.12

1.57

1997

1

33.83

.17

.30

.41

.42

.56

.49

.01

.06

.33

.67

.29

.08

3.79

2

35.71

.11

.22

.38

.49

.59

0

0

.08

.36

.69

.27

.01

3.20

1998

1

31.87

.12

.37

.27

.08

0

.05

.09

.55

.36

.61

.34

.26

3.10

2

28.87

.11

.26

.19

.04

0

.05

.04

.38

.72

.55

.37

.15

2.86

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