Long-term trends in atmospheric reactive nitrogen across Canada: 1988-2007

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 5853-5862

  Zbieranowski, Antoni L ^a   Aherne, Julian ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air and precipitation concentrations; Atmospheric deposition; Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CAPMoN); Mann Kendall; Monotonic trend

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; ANNUAL AVERAGE; ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADIAN AIR AND PRECIPITATION MONITORING NETWORK (CAPMON); EMISSION REDUCTION; GASEOUS NITRIC ACID; LONG-TERM TREND; MANN-KENDALL; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MONITORING NETWORK; MONOTONIC TREND; NON-PARAMETRIC; PARTICULATE NITRATE; QUALITY AGREEMENT; REACTIVE NITROGEN; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TEMPORAL SEQUENCES;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; EMISSION CONTROL; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

NITRIC ACID;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; ION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN COMPOUND; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANADA;

EID: 80052324266     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.080     Document Type: Article

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