Sources and processes contributing to nitrogen deposition: An adjoint model analysis applied to biodiversity hotspots worldwide

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3226-3233

  Paulot, Fabien ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Henze, Daven K ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT SENSITIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CHEMICAL RATE CONSTANTS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; GAS-AEROSOL PARTITIONING; OXIDANT CONCENTRATIONS; SOURCE-RECEPTOR RELATIONSHIPS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS);

BIODIVERSITY; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; RATE CONSTANTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXIDIZING AGENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; EMISSION CONTROL; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; LIGHTNING; NATIONAL PARK; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; OHIO; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875767638     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3027727     Document Type: Article

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