Title | A global budget for atmospheric NH3 |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1992 |
Authors | Schlesinger W.H, Hartley AE |
Journal | Biogeochemistry |
Volume | 15 |
Pagination | 191-211 |
Date Published | 1992 |
Accession Number | JRN00148 |
Call Number | 00435 |
Keywords | acid deposition, ammonia volatilization, article, articles, cattle,ammonia, climate,ammonia volatilization, fertilizer,ammonia, fire,ammonia, journal, journals, nitrogen cycling, nutrient cycling, ammonia, nutrient cycling, nitrogen, soil nitrogen, urea |
Abstract | We provide an assessment of the global sources of NH3 in the atmosphere, which indicates an annual flux of about 75 Tg of N as NH3. The emissions from land are dominated by the release of NH3 during the hydrolysis of urea from the urine of domestic animals (32 TgN/yr) and by emanations from soils in unmanaged ecosystems (10 TgN/yr) and from fertilized agricultural soils (9 TgN/yr). Emissions from the sea surface may approach 13 TgN/yr. The total annual source of NH3 is in reasonable agreement with estimates of global NH4+ deposition from the atmosphere, the major fate of atmospheric NH3. As an alkaline atmospheric species, NH3 emitted to the atmosphere each year can neutralize only about 32% of the annual production of H+ in the atmosphere from natural and anthropogenic sources. |
URL | files/bibliography/JRN00148.pdf |