Quantifying local traffic contributions to NO 2 and NH 3 concentrations in natural habitats

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2845-2852

  Gadsdon, Sally R ^a   Power, Sally A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Diffusion tubes; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen dioxide; Tree canopy

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY; CRITICAL LEVEL; CRITICAL LOAD; ENGLAND; GROUND LEVEL; LOCAL ROAD NETWORK; LOCAL TRANSPORT; NATURAL HABITAT; NATURE CONSERVATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ON-SITE MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TREE CANOPY;

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSERVATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; ROADSIDES; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; FOREST CANOPY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRIC OXIDE; SEASONS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67849135904     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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