Advection of NH3 over a pasture field and its effect on gradient flux measurements

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1295-1310

  Loubet, B ^a   Milford, C ^b,e   Hensen, A ^c   Daemmgen, U ^d   Erisman, J W ^c   Cellier, P ^a   Sutton, M A ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ADVECTION; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HETEROGENEITY; MICROMETEOROLOGY; PASTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

BRAUNSCHWEIG; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 80051977277     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-1295-2009     Document Type: Article

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