Atmospheric ammonia at a moorland site. II: Long-term surface-atmosphere micrometeorological flux measurements

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 547, 1998, Pages 759-791

  Flechard, C R ^a,b   Fowler, D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Atmospheric chemistry; Boundary layer; Dispersion; Dry deposition; Surface emissions

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; MOORLANDS;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031824002     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712454706     Document Type: Article

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