Fluxes of total reactive atmospheric nitrogen (σNr) using eddy covariance above arable land

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Brümmer, Christian ^a   Marx, Oliver ^b   Kutsch, Werner ^a   Ammann, Christof ^c   Wolff, Veronika ^c   Flechard, Christophe R ^d   Freibauer, Annette ^a  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b LI COR BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^d AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural land; Biosphere atmosphere exchange; Converter; Ecosystem N saturation; Eddy covariance; Fertilization; N budget; Total reactive nitrogen ( Nr) exchange; TRANC

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; EDDY COVARIANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; ARABLE LAND; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DRY DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; SOIL EMISSION;

EID: 84882574001     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19770     Document Type: Article

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