Ambient concentration and dry deposition of major inorganic nitrogen species at two urban sites in Sichuan Basin, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 219, Issue , 2016, Pages 235-244

  Wang, Huanbo ^a   Yang, Fumo ^a,b   Shi, Guangming ^a   Tian, Mi ^a   Zhang, Leiming ^c   Zhang, Liuyi ^a,d   Fu, Chuan ^d  

^a University of Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d CHONGQING THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric nitrogen; Dry and wet deposition; Inferential deposition model; Oxidized nitrogen; Reduced nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; URBAN GROWTH;

ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN; DEPOSITION MODELING; DRY AND WET DEPOSITIONS; OXIDIZED NITROGEN; REDUCED NITROGEN;

NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MODELING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WET DEPOSITION;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; DRY DEPOSITION; EXHAUST GAS; OXIDATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; SEWAGE; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; SEASON; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHENGDU; CHINA; CHONGQING; SICHUAN; SICHUAN BASIN; WANZHOU;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84994236549     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.016     Document Type: Article

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