Modelling the wet deposition of reduced nitrogen over the British Isles using a Lagrangian multi-layer atmospheric transport model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 606, 2005, Pages 703-722

  Fournier, N ^a,b,c   Weston, K J ^a   Dore, A J ^b   Sutton, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Orographic enhancement; Scavenging; Seeder feeder

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DEPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT; REDUCED NITROGEN; WET DEPOSITION;

METEOROLOGY;

MODELING; NITROGEN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WET DEPOSITION;

EID: 27744471129     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.76     Document Type: Article

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