Simulations of future sulphur and nitrogen deposition over Europe using meteorological data from three regional climate projections

Magnuz Engardt; Joakim Langner

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20348

Simulations of future sulphur and nitrogen deposition over Europe using meteorological data from three regional climate projections

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Magnuz Engardt and Joakim Langner

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20348 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 20348 - 20348

Submitted on: Dec 28, 2012

Accepted on: Sep 11, 2013

Published on: Jan 1, 2013

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

acidification,

air pollution,

atmospheric turnover time,

CTM,

eutrophication,

MATCH,

modeling,

trend

© 2013 Magnuz Engardt, Joakim Langner, published by Stockholm University Press
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