EXAMINING THE SOURCES AND TRANSPORT OF REACTIVE NITROGEN EMISSIONS USING STABLE ISOTOPES TECHNIQUES

• Main Author: Felix, Joseph
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Greenland; Barrier Island; Greenland ice core; ice core
• Online Access: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/16851/; http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/16851/1/felix_etd_d_2.pdf

Reactive nitrogen (Nr) emissions (i.e., NOx, HNO3, and NH3) from the transportation and electricity-generating sectors are declining due to increasingly stringent air quality regulations and development of new emission reduction technologies. In comparison, Nr emissions from the agricultural sector...