Modelling and mapping long-term risks due to reactive nitrogen effects: An overview of LRTAP convention activities

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 482-487

  Spranger, T ^a   Hettelingh, J P ^b   Slootweg, J ^b   Posch, M ^b  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b MNP   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; CAFE; Critical load; Deposition; Europe; Eutrophication; LRTAP Convention; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ATMOSPHERICS; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DYNAMIC MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LOADS (FORCES); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

(R ,S ,S) POLICY; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT (APA); AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CLEAN AIR; CRITICAL LOADS; DATA-SETS; ELSEVIER (CO); EMISSION ABATEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; EUROPEAN; EUROPEAN UNION (EU); INTERNATIONAL (CO); LONG TERM RISKS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN EFFECTS; NITROGEN FLUX MODELS; REACTIVE NITROGEN; TRANSBOUNDARY;

POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ABATEMENT COST; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MAPPING; MODELING; NITROGEN; POLLUTION POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 46449101040     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.035     Document Type: Article

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