Atmospheric nitrogen fluxes at the Belgian coast: 2004-2006

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3786-3798

  Bencs, László ^a,b   Krata, Agnieszka ^a   Horemans, Benjamin ^a   Buczyńska, Anna J ^a   Dirtu, Alin C ^a,c   Godoi, Ana F L ^a,d   Godoi, Ricardo H M ^a,d   Potgieter Vermaak, Sanja ^a,e   Van Grieken, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Atmospheric deposition; Coastal eutrophication; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Gaseous; Inorganic N nutrients; North Sea; Wet nitrogen flux

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GASEOUS; INORGANIC N-NUTRIENTS; NORTH SEA; WET NITROGEN FLUX;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; RAIN;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; INORGANIC NITROGEN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; AUTUMN; BELGIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649229613     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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