Aerosol samples collected in New York during August, 1976 and February, 1977 with high-volume and diffusion samplers were analyzed for strong acid, ammonium, sulfate, and nitrate. Ammonium-sulfate correlation was exceptionally high in all respirable size fractions with the average NH4+/SC>42- molar ratio about 1.5 in summer and about 2 in winter. A diurnal variation in sulfate and ammonium concentrations was observed for winter high-volume samples with maximum average values for the 6-12-h samples. Diffusion-processed samples indicated that about 50% of the sulfate was in particles <0.25 urn in diameter in the summer aerosol, but only about 25% was in this range in winter aerosol. © 1979, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.