Atmospheric reactive nitrogen concentration and flux budgets at a Northeastern U.S. forest site

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 159-174

  Horii, Cassandra Volpe ^a   William Munger, J ^a   Wofsy, Steven C ^a   Zahniser, Mark ^b   Nelson, David ^b   Barry McManus, J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Nitric acid (HNO3); Nitrogen deposition; Reactive nitrogen (NOy)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HYDROCARBON; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN; SPECTROMETER;

HARVARD FOREST; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646093975     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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