Heterogeneity of atmospheric ammonia at the landscape scale and consequences for environmental impact assessment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 179, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-131

  Vogt, Esther ^a,b,c   Dragosits, Ulrike ^a   Braban, Christine F ^a   Theobald, Mark R ^a,d   Dore, Anthony J ^a   Van Dijk, Netty ^a   Tang, Y Sim ^a   McDonald, Chris ^b   Murray, Scott ^b   Rees, Robert M ^b   Sutton, Mark A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Critical level; Dispersion modeling; Landscape scale; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL GRASSLANDS; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CRITICAL LEVEL; DISPERSION MODELING; LANDSCAPE SCALE; PREVAILING WIND DIRECTIONS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PLANNING;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMMONIA;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOORLAND; POULTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND DIRECTION; WOODLAND;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE; MOORLAND; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; RURAL AREA; WIND;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84877767488     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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