Environmental benefits of NO(x) control in northwestern Europe

Ambio

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 518-527

  Derwent, Richard G ^a   Metcalfe, Sarah E ^b   Whyatt, J Duncan ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUTROPHICATION; HEALTH IMPACT; NITROGEN OXIDES;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031744263     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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63. This work was supported from the Air Quality Research Programme of the Department of the Environment through contracts PECD 7/12/64 (SEM and JDW) and EPG 1/3/17 (RGD). The authors which to acknowledge discussions with Dr Peringe Grennfelt of the Swedish Environmental Research Institute, IVL, Gothenburg, Sweden, Professor Mike Hornung of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Merlewood and Drs Helen ApSimon and Rachel Warren of Imperial College, London. The assistance of Drs Keith Bull and Helen Dyke of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood in providing UK critical loads data is deeply appreciated.
64. First submitted 20 February 1997. Accepted for publication after revision 15 Oct. 1997.