Quantifying atmospheric nitrogen deposition through a nationwide monitoring network across China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 12345-12360

  Xu, W ^a   Luo, X S ^a,b   Pan, Y P ^c   Zhang, L ^d   Tang, A H ^a   Shen, J L ^e   Zhang, Y ^f   Li, K H ^g   Wu, Q H ^a   Yang, D W ^a   Zhang, Y Y ^a   Xue, J ^a   Li, W Q ^h   Li, Q Q ^a,i   Tang, L ⁱ   Lu, S H ^j   Liang, T ^k   Tong, Y A ^k   Liu, P ^l   Zhang, Q ^l   Xiong, Z Q ^m   Shi, X J ⁿ   Wu, L H ^o   Shi, W Q ^p   Tian, K ^q   Zhong, X H ^q   Shi, K ^r   Tang, Q Y ^s   Zhang, L J ^t   Huang, J L ^u   He, C E ^v   Kuang, F H ^w   Zhu, B ^w   Liu, H ^x   Jin, X ^y   Xin, Y J ^y   Shi, X K ^z   Du, E Z ^aa   Dore, A J ^ab   Tang, S ^ab   Collett, J L ^ac   Goulding, K ^ad   Sun, Y X ^ae   Ren, J ^af   Zhang, F S ^a   Liu, X J ^a   more..

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^h Fujian Institute of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences   (China)

ⁱ YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^k NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^m NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁿ SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^q INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^r DALIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^s HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^t AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^u HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^v INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^w INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^x INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^y Qinghai Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^z Forestry and Water Department of Changdao County   (China)

^aa BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ab CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^ac Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^ad ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^ae RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^af JILIN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84946781079     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-12345-2015     Document Type: Article

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