Ammonium and nitrate in ice accretions and snow at two Central European montane locations: δ15N and δ18OH2O isotope ratios, fluxes and sources

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00020699%3A_____%2F25%3AN0000089" target="_blank" >RIV/00020699:_____/25:N0000089 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11320/25:10507380

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972408361X" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972408361X</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178203" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178203</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ammonium and nitrate in ice accretions and snow at two Central European montane locations: δ15N and δ18OH2O isotope ratios, fluxes and sources

Original language description

In many countries worldwide, NOx emissions currently decrease as a result of pollution control, while NH3 emissions stagnate or continue to increase. Little is known about horizontal deposition of NO3− and NH4+, the oxidation/neutralization products of these primary pollutants. To close the knowledge gap, we studied atmospheric inputs of NO3− and NH4+ at two mountain-top sites near the Czech–German–Polish borders during winter. Horizontal deposition via ice accretions (rime) made up 26–30 % of total atmospheric input of reactive nitrogen (Nr). Such high horizontal depositions should not be neglected in ecosystem N studies which currently often consider only vertical deposition via snow. Snow nitrate N was the largest type of Nr deposition (40–52 %), with snow ammonium N being the second largest (20–30 %). Rime ammonium N contributed a similar amount to total Nr input as rime nitrate N (12–16 %). The total inorganic Nr deposition was 4–6 kg ha−1 winter−1. Across the sites, the mean δ15 and δ15 values fell in a relatively narrow range from −3.1 to −7.3 ‰. Three systematic isotope patterns were observed: (i) NH4+-N was always heavier in rime than in snow, (ii) NO3−-N was always heavier in rime than in snow, and (iii) NO3−-N was always heavier than NH4+-N. For source apportionment, the Bayesian isotope mixing model SIMMR was used. Counter-intuitively, vehicles were larger sources of NH3 in rime than volatilation from animal waste plus fertilizers (46 vs. 19 %). The largest NO3− contributions to rime were derived from vehicles and biomass burning, followed by natural gas combustion and coal burning in power plants and households. Natural gas represented the largest source of nitrate in snow. Nitrate sources appeared to be better-mixed than ammonium sources. Our isotope-based source apportionment differed from national emission inventories, offering original insights into local atmospheric Nr inputs.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

<a href="/en/project/SS02030031" target="_blank" >SS02030031: Air quality Research, Assessment and Monitoring Integrated System</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Science of The Total Environment

ISSN

0048-9697

e-ISSN

1879-1026

Volume of the periodical

959

Issue of the periodical within the volume

178203

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

nestrankovano

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85212830063