Application of tracer ratio and inverse dispersion methods with boat-based plume measurements to estimate ammonia emissions from seabird colonies

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 279-285

  Blackall, T D ^a,b   Theobald, M R ^b   Milford, C ^b   Hargreaves, K J ^b   Nemitz, E ^b   Wilson, L J ^b   Bull, J ^b   Bacon, P J ^b   Hamer, K C ^a   Wanless, S ^b   Sutton, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inverse dispersion; Natural sources; Nitrogen; Tracer ratio; Volatilisation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOGENIC EMISSION;

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EID: 20144384601     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-004-3038-9     Document Type: Article

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