Modeling atmospheric ammonia and ammonium using a stochastic Lagrangian air quality model (STILT-Chem v0.7)

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-344

  Wen, D ^a   Lin, J C ^a,b   Zhang, L ^c   Vet, R ^c   Moran, M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM COMPOUND; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE FLUX; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOFTWARE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890020774     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-327-2013     Document Type: Article

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