Atmospheric deposition on Swiss Long-Term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF) plots

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 81-118

  Thimonier, Anne ^a   Schmitt, Maria ^a   Waldner, Peter ^a   Rihm, Beat ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b Meteotest   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Critical load for nitrogen; Long term forest plot; Modeling; Risk assessment; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOADS; DRY DEPOSITION; WET DEPOSITION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CRITICAL LOAD; THROUGHFALL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCULATION; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREST; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR; SWITZERLAND; TREES;

AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; MATERIALS BALANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; POLLUTION CONTROL; SULFUR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 18144371631     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-1605-9     Document Type: Article

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