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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12305-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12305-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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29 Sep 2016
Research article |
| 29 Sep 2016
Interannual variability of ammonia concentrations over the United States: sources and implications
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Colette L. Heald
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Martin Van Damme
Spectroscopie de l'atmosphère, Chimie Quantique et Photophysique,
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (ULB), Belgium
Lieven Clarisse
Spectroscopie de l'atmosphère, Chimie Quantique et Photophysique,
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (ULB), Belgium
Cathy Clerbaux
Spectroscopie de l'atmosphère, Chimie Quantique et Photophysique,
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (ULB), Belgium
LATMOS/IPSL, UPMC Université Paris 06 Sorbonne Universités, UVSQ, CNRS,
Paris, France
Pierre-François Coheur
Spectroscopie de l'atmosphère, Chimie Quantique et Photophysique,
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (ULB), Belgium
John B. Nowak
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
J. Andrew Neuman
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA,
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Scott C. Herndon
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
Joseph R. Roscioli
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
Scott J. Eilerman
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA,
Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Short summary
This study combines new observations and a simulation to assess the interannual variability of atmospheric ammonia concentrations over the United States. The model generally underrepresents the observed variability. Nearly two-thirds of the simulated variability is caused by meteorology, twice that caused by regulations on fossil fuel combustion emissions. Adding ammonia emissions variability does not substantially improve the simulation and has little impact on summer particle concentrations.
This study combines new observations and a simulation to assess the interannual variability of...
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