Atmospheric reactive nitrogen concentrations at ten sites with contrasting land use in an arid region of central Asia

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4013-4021

  Li, K H ^a,b   Song, W ^a,b   Liu, X J ^c   Shen, J L ^d   Luo, X S ^c   Sui, X Q ^e   Liu, B ^a,f   Hu, Y K ^a   Christie, P ^c,g   Tian, C Y ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert Grassland Ecosystems   (China)

^g AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEATING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OASIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84867790396     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4013-2012     Document Type: Article

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