Inorganic nitrogen deposition in China's forests: Status and characteristics

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 474-482

  Du, Enzai ^a,b   Jiang, Yuan ^a   Fang, Jingyun ^b   de Vries, Wim ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium:nitrate ratio; Dry deposition; Enrichment ratio; Nitrogen deposition; Throughfall; Urban hotspot hypothesis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM:NITRATE RATIO; DRY DEPOSITION; ENRICHMENT RATIO; HOT SPOT; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; THROUGHFALL;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; TIN;

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CRITICAL LOAD; DRY DEPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRATE; THROUGHFALL;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOREST; FOREST STAND; HYPOTHESIS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; WET DEPOSITION;

CHINA;

EID: 84907164139     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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