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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4185-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4185-2023
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Nitrate chemistry in the northeast US – Part 1: Nitrogen isotope seasonality tracks nitrate formation chemistry
Claire Bekker
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
now at: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of
California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Wendell W. Walters
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University,
Providence, RI 02912, USA
now at: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Lee T. Murray
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Meredith G. Hastings
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University,
Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Revealing underestimated ship contributions to atmospheric nitrate over the Pearl River Delta: Based on dual isotopes T. Chen et al.
- A case study of the usefulness of δ13C and δ15N for PM source apportionment under different meteorological conditions M. Rubino et al.
- Evaluating NOx fate and organic nitrate chemistry from α-pinene oxidation using stable oxygen and nitrogen isotopes W. Walters et al.
- Triple oxygen stable isotope analysis of nitrite measured using continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry W. Walters & M. Hastings
- Refining δ15N isotopic fingerprints of local NO for accurate source identification of nitrate in PM2.5 H. Xiao et al.
- Nitrate chemistry in the northeast US – Part 2: Oxygen isotopes reveal differences in particulate and gas-phase formation H. Kim et al.
- Application of Isotopic Method to Identify the Sources of Nitrate in Freshwater: Principles, Biases, and Optimizations D. Liu et al.
- Ammonium and nitrate in ice accretions and snow at two Central European montane locations: δ15N and δ18OH2O isotope ratios, fluxes and sources M. Novak et al.
- A 60-year atmospheric nitrate isotope record from a southeastern Greenland ice core with minimal postdepositional alteration Z. Wei et al.
- Long-term trends in inorganic aerosol chemical composition and chemistry at an urban and rural site in the northeastern US H. Kim et al.
- Diurnal variations in oxygen and nitrogen isotopes of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide and nitrate: implications for tracing NOx oxidation pathways and emission sources S. Albertin et al.
- Nitrogen isotopes reveal high NOx emissions from arid agricultural soils in the Salton Sea Air Basin H. Lieb et al.
- Isotope-Based Tracing of Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen: Progress and Prospects H. Sui et al.
- Modeling the Oxygen Isotope Anomaly (Δ17O) of Reactive Nitrogen in the Community Multiscale Air Quality Model: Insights into Nitrogen Oxide Chemistry in the Northeastern United States W. Walters et al.
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- High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Nitrate Aerosol Isotopologue Quantification: Method Development, Calibration, and Application to Atmospheric Samples W. Walters et al.
- Revealing underestimated ship contributions to atmospheric nitrate over the Pearl River Delta: Based on dual isotopes T. Chen et al.
- A case study of the usefulness of δ13C and δ15N for PM source apportionment under different meteorological conditions M. Rubino et al.
- Evaluating NOx fate and organic nitrate chemistry from α-pinene oxidation using stable oxygen and nitrogen isotopes W. Walters et al.
- Triple oxygen stable isotope analysis of nitrite measured using continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry W. Walters & M. Hastings
- Refining δ15N isotopic fingerprints of local NO for accurate source identification of nitrate in PM2.5 H. Xiao et al.
- Nitrate chemistry in the northeast US – Part 2: Oxygen isotopes reveal differences in particulate and gas-phase formation H. Kim et al.
- Application of Isotopic Method to Identify the Sources of Nitrate in Freshwater: Principles, Biases, and Optimizations D. Liu et al.
- Ammonium and nitrate in ice accretions and snow at two Central European montane locations: δ15N and δ18OH2O isotope ratios, fluxes and sources M. Novak et al.
- A 60-year atmospheric nitrate isotope record from a southeastern Greenland ice core with minimal postdepositional alteration Z. Wei et al.
- Long-term trends in inorganic aerosol chemical composition and chemistry at an urban and rural site in the northeastern US H. Kim et al.
- Diurnal variations in oxygen and nitrogen isotopes of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide and nitrate: implications for tracing NOx oxidation pathways and emission sources S. Albertin et al.
- Nitrogen isotopes reveal high NOx emissions from arid agricultural soils in the Salton Sea Air Basin H. Lieb et al.
- Isotope-Based Tracing of Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen: Progress and Prospects H. Sui et al.
- Modeling the Oxygen Isotope Anomaly (Δ17O) of Reactive Nitrogen in the Community Multiscale Air Quality Model: Insights into Nitrogen Oxide Chemistry in the Northeastern United States W. Walters et al.
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Short summary
Nitrate is a critical component of the atmosphere that degrades air quality and ecosystem health. We have investigated the nitrogen isotope compositions of nitrate from deposition samples collected across the northeastern United States. Spatiotemporal variability in the nitrogen isotope compositions was found to track with nitrate formation chemistry. Our results highlight that nitrogen isotope compositions may be a robust tool for improving model representation of nitrate chemistry.
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