Unprecedented decrease in deposition of nitrogen oxides over North America: the relative effects of emission controls and prevailing air-mass trajectories

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 165-180

  Lloret, Javier ^a   Valiela, Ivan ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission controls; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen oxides; North America; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN OXIDES; TRAJECTORY; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84976875046     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-016-0225-5     Document Type: Article

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