A roadmap to estimating agricultural ammonia volatilization over Europe using satellite observations and simulation data

Abstract NH 3 Γ soil Γ soil Γ soil × 3 to 9.5 × 4 (dimensionless) in fertilized cropland, such as in the North European Plain, and is of the order of 10–102 in a non-fertilized soil (e.g., forest and grassland). These results agree with in-field measurements from the literature, suggesting that our method can be used in other seasons and regions in the world. However, some improvements are needed in the determination of mass transfer coefficient k m s - 1), which is a crucial parameter to derive Γ soil T skin), under two different climate scenarios. Ammonia columns are projected to increase by up to 50 %, particularly in eastern Europe, under the SSP2-4.5 scenario and might even double (increase of 100 %) under the SSP5-8.5 scenario. The increase in skin temperature is responsible for a formation of new hotspots of ammonia in Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary, Moldova, parts of Romania, and Switzerland.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: A roadmap to estimating agricultural ammonia volatilization over Europe using satellite observations and simulation data ; volume:23 ; number:19 ; year:2023 ; pages:12505-12523 ; extent:19 ; Atmospheric chemistry and physics ; 23, Heft 19 (2023), 12505-12523 (gesamt 19)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Abeed, Rimal ; Viatte, Camille ; Porter, William C. ; Evangeliou, Nikolaos ; Clerbaux, Cathy ; Clarisse, Lieven ; Van Damme, Martin ; Coheur, Pierre-François ; Safieddine, Sarah

Further information

• DOI: 10.5194/acp-23-12505-2023
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023101204265748245176
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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