Estimations of global NO(x) emissions and their uncertainties

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1735-1749

  Lee, D S ^a   Kohler I ^b   Grobler, E ^e   Rohrer, F ^e   Sausen, R ^b   Gallardo Klenner, L ^e   Olivier, J G J ^c   Dentener, F J ^d   Bouwman, A F ^c  

^a RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NONE

Author keywords

AERONOX; Ammonia oxidation; Biomass burning; Fossil fuels; Global emissions; Inventories; Lightning; Modelling; NO(x); Soils; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FOSSIL FUEL; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; BURN; CLOUD; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST; LIGHTNING; MICROORGANISM; MODEL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AERONOX; AMMONIA; BIOMASS BURNING; EMISSION; FOSSIL FUEL; LIGHTNING; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION; SOIL; TROPOSPHERE;

AIRCRAFT; AMMONIA; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; EXHAUST GASES; FOSSIL FUELS; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; TROPOSPHERE;

BIOMASS BURNING; GLOBAL EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0030616172     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00327-5     Document Type: Article

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