Organic nitrogen in precipitation across Europe
Measurements of total nitrogen and inorganic nitrogen in precipitation samples from NitroEurope sites across Europe permit the calculation of organic nitrogen concentrations and wet deposition, by difference. The contribution of organic N to total N in precipitation ranged from only a few % to aroun...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:18356 2023-05-15T17:42:24+02:00 Organic nitrogen in precipitation across Europe Cape, J.N. Tang, Y.S. Gonzalez-Benıtez, J. Mitosinkova, M. Makkonen, U. Jocher, M. Stolk, A. 2012 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18356/ http://www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/9/8093/2012/bgd-9-8093-2012.pdf unknown Cape, J.N.; Tang, Y.S.; Gonzalez-Benıtez, J.; Mitosinkova, M.; Makkonen, U.; Jocher, M.; Stolk, A. 2012 Organic nitrogen in precipitation across Europe. Biogeosciences Discussions, 9 (7). 8093-8109. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-9-8093-2012 <https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-9-8093-2012> Ecology and Environment Atmospheric Sciences Publication - Article NonPeerReviewed 2012 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-9-8093-2012 2023-02-04T19:31:42Z Measurements of total nitrogen and inorganic nitrogen in precipitation samples from NitroEurope sites across Europe permit the calculation of organic nitrogen concentrations and wet deposition, by difference. The contribution of organic N to total N in precipitation ranged from only a few % to around 40% across 18 sites from northern Finland to Italy, similar to results from previous individual studies. This paper presents the absolute and relative contributions of organic N to wet N deposition across Europe, and examines seasonal trends. There were only weak correlations with other solutes in precipitation. These simple statistics indicate that sources of organic N in precipitation vary across Europe, and that no single source is responsible. The organic N contributes to total N deposition, yet this input is rarely quantified in nitrogen budgets. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive |
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Measurements of total nitrogen and inorganic nitrogen in precipitation samples from NitroEurope sites across Europe permit the calculation of organic nitrogen concentrations and wet deposition, by difference. The contribution of organic N to total N in precipitation ranged from only a few % to around 40% across 18 sites from northern Finland to Italy, similar to results from previous individual studies. This paper presents the absolute and relative contributions of organic N to wet N deposition across Europe, and examines seasonal trends. There were only weak correlations with other solutes in precipitation. These simple statistics indicate that sources of organic N in precipitation vary across Europe, and that no single source is responsible. The organic N contributes to total N deposition, yet this input is rarely quantified in nitrogen budgets. |
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Organic nitrogen in precipitation across Europe |
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Cape, J.N.; Tang, Y.S.; Gonzalez-Benıtez, J.; Mitosinkova, M.; Makkonen, U.; Jocher, M.; Stolk, A. 2012 Organic nitrogen in precipitation across Europe. Biogeosciences Discussions, 9 (7). 8093-8109. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-9-8093-2012 <https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-9-8093-2012> |
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