Ammonia: Emission, atmospheric transport and deposition

New Phytologist

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-48

  Asman, Willem A H ^a   Sutton, Mark A ^b   Schjørring, Jan K ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Compensation point; Deposition models; Dry deposition; Ecosystem protection; Pollution emissions; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EMISSION;

EID: 0031749053     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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