Unusually high soil nitrogen oxide emissions influence air quality in a high-temperature agricultural region

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Oikawa, P Y ^a   Ge, C ^b   Wang, J ^b   Eberwein, J R ^c   Liang, L L ^c   Allsman, L A ^c   Grantz, D A ^c   Jenerette, G D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; SOIL;

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SOIL; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CALIFORNIA; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; SORGHUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; FERTILIZERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOIL; SORGHUM;

EID: 84946944833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9753     Document Type: Article

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