Trends in atmospheric nitrogen and sulphur deposition in northern Belgium

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 186-196

  Staelens, Jeroen ^a,c   Wuyts, Karen ^a,b   Adriaenssens, Sandy ^a   Van Avermaet, Philip ^c   Buysse, Hilde ^c   Van den Bril, Bo ^c   Roekens, Edward ^c   Ottoy, Jean Pierre ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a   Thas, Olivier ^a   Deschepper, Ellen ^a,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acidifying deposition; Air pollution; Eutrophication; Semiparametric models; Time trend

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN; BELGIUM; BOOTSTRAP RESAMPLING PROCEDURES; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; DATA UNCERTAINTY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; DRY DEPOSITION; FLANDERS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; GROUNDWATER LAYERS; HEATHLANDS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LONG-TERM TREND; N DEPOSITION; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; POLICY MEASURES; SEMIPARAMETRIC MODELS; SULPHUR DEPOSITION; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TIME TRENDS; WET AND DRY; WET DEPOSITION;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

DEPOSITION;

NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EUTROPHICATION; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; NITROGEN; SAMPLER; SULFUR;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BELGIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIGA; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; BELGIUM; DEPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; GROUND WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84856558729     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.065     Document Type: Article

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