Characterizing the isotopic composition of atmospheric ammonia emission sources using passive samplers and a combined oxidation-bacterial denitrifier approach

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 2239-2246

  David Felix, J ^a   Elliott, Emily M ^a   Gish, Timothy J ^b   McConnell, Laura L ^c   Shaw, Stephanie L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; DEPOSITION RATES; ISOTOPES; MARINE POLLUTION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES;

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA; COMBINED OXIDATION; DENITRIFIERS; EMISSION SOURCES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; N VALUE; NITROGEN POLLUTION; PASSIVE SAMPLERS;

FOSSIL FUELS;

AMMONIA; COAL; FERTILIZER; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MANURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; COAL; FERTILIZERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANURE; NITRITES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84883786244     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6679     Document Type: Article

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