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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-875-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-875-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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21 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 21 Jan 2021
| 21 Jan 2021
Pan-European rural monitoring network shows dominance of NH3 gas and NH4NO3 aerosol in inorganic atmospheric pollution load
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
Chris R. Flechard
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and
Environment (INRAE), UMR 1069 SAS, 65 rue de St-Brieuc, 35042 Rennes CEDEX,
France
Ulrich Dämmgen
von Thunen Institut (vTI), Bundesallee 50, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
Sonja Vidic
Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia (MHSC), Research
and Development Division, Gric 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Djuricic
Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia (MHSC), Research
and Development Division, Gric 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marta Mitosinkova
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU), Department of Air
Quality, Jeseniova 17, 833 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Hilde T. Uggerud
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), P.O. Box 100, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
Maria J. Sanz
Fundación CEAM, C/Charles R. Darwin, 46980 Paterna (Valencia),
Spain
Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, Scientific Campus
of the University of the Basque Country, 48940, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
Ikerbasque, Basque Science Foundation, María Díaz Haroko
Kalea, 3, 48013 Bilbo, Bizkaia, Spain
Ivan Simmons
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
Ulrike Dragosits
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
Eiko Nemitz
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
Marsailidh Twigg
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
Netty van Dijk
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
Yannick Fauvel
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and
Environment (INRAE), UMR 1069 SAS, 65 rue de St-Brieuc, 35042 Rennes CEDEX,
France
Francisco Sanz
Fundación CEAM, C/Charles R. Darwin, 46980 Paterna (Valencia),
Spain
Martin Ferm
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 5302, 400
14, Gothenburg, Sweden
Cinzia Perrino
C.N.R. Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, via Salaria Km.
29, 300 – 00015, Monterotondo st, Rome, Italy
Maria Catrambone
C.N.R. Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, via Salaria Km.
29, 300 – 00015, Monterotondo st, Rome, Italy
David Leaver
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
Christine F. Braban
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
J. Neil Cape
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
Mathew R. Heal
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road,
Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK
Mark A. Sutton
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
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Short summary
The DELTA® approach provided speciated, monthly data on reactive gases (NH3, HNO3, SO2, HCl) and aerosols (NH4+, NO3−, SO42−, Cl−, Na+) across Europe (2006–2010). Differences in spatial and temporal concentrations and patterns between geographic regions and four ecosystem types were captured. NH3 and NH4NO3 were dominant components, highlighting their growing relative importance in ecosystem impacts (acidification, eutrophication) and human health effects (NH3 as a precursor to PM2.5) in Europe.
The DELTA® approach provided speciated, monthly data on reactive gases (NH3, HNO3, SO2, HCl)...
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