Ambient ammonia in terrestrial ecosystems: A comparative study in the Tennessee Valley, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2768-2772

  Allen, Ridwaana ^a   Myles, LaToya ^b   Heuer, Mark W ^b  

^a SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Ammonia; Annular denuder; Pollution rose; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AMMONIA; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; ANNULAR DENUDERS; ARITHMETIC MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA; BACKGROUND LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EMISSION SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOMETRIC MEAN; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERSTATE HIGHWAY; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; PHYSICAL FACTORS; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; SAMPLING METHOD; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ECOSYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LANDFORMS; RURAL AREAS;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METROPOLITAN AREA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREST; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; AUTOMOBILES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TENNESSEE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

TENNESSEE VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957828867     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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