Ambient concentrations of atmospheric ammonia, nitrogen dioxide and nitric acid across a rural-urban-agricultural transect in southern Ontario, Canada

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 481-491

  Zbieranowski, Antoni L ^a   Aherne, Julian ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural emissions; Dry deposition; Gaseous reactive nitrogen; Passive diffusive sampler; Urban emissions; Willems badge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL SITES; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ANNUAL AVERAGE; ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; DIFFUSIVE SAMPLERS; DRY DEPOSITION; EXPOSURE PERIOD; INFERENTIAL METHODS; LAND USE TYPE; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; REACTIVE NITROGEN; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STUDY SITES; URBAN REGIONS; URBAN SITE; WILLEMS BADGE;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES;

URBAN GROWTH;

AMMONIA; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIFFUSIVITY; DRY DEPOSITION; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSECT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CANADA; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84866556213     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.08.040     Document Type: Article

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