Calculating dry deposition and canopy exchange with the canopy budget model: Review of assumptions and application to two deciduous forests

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 191, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 149-169

  Staelens, Jeroen ^a   Houle, Daniel ^b   De Schrijver, An ^a   Neirynck, Johan ^c   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aboveground uptake; Atmospheric deposition; Canopy budget model; Dry deposition; Filtering approach; Ion exchange; Nitrogen retention; Stemflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ABOVEGROUND UPTAKE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANOPY BUDGET MODEL; DRY DEPOSITION; FILTERING APPROACH; NITROGEN RETENTION;

FORESTRY;

AMMONIA; ANION; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CATION; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; ION; MAGNESIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; SUGAR;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CANOPY EXCHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY DEPOSITION; ION EXCHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BEECH; BELGIUM; CANADA; CANOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS PLANT; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; ION EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 44149086892     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9614-2     Document Type: Review

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