Exchange of reactive nitrogen compounds: Concentrations and fluxes of total ammonium and total nitrate above a spruce canopy

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1729-1744

  Wolff, V ^a,d   Trebs, I ^a   Foken, T ^b   Meixner, F X ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CANOPY EXCHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN CYCLE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

GERMANY;

PICEA;

EID: 77952940689     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1729-2010     Document Type: Article

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