Liu et al. suspect that Zhu et al. (2015) may have underestimated dissolved organic nitrogen (N) but overestimated total particulate N in wet deposition in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 520, Issue , 2015, Pages 300-301

  Liu, Xuejun ^a   Xu, Wen ^a   Pan, Yuepeng ^b   Du, Enzai ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Bulk deposition; China; Nitrogen; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DIGITAL STORAGE; NITROGEN; QUALITY CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BULK DEPOSITIONS; CHINA; DATA QUALITY CONTROL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC N; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WET DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITRATE; ORGANIC NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHINA; CLIMATE; DRY DEPOSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NOTE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WET DEPOSITION;

EID: 84945910607     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.004     Document Type: Note

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