Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Nov 2015)
Quantifying atmospheric nitrogen deposition through a nationwide monitoring network across China
- W. Xu,
- X. S. Luo,
- Y. P. Pan,
- L. Zhang,
- A. H. Tang,
- J. L. Shen,
- Y. Zhang,
- K. H. Li,
- Q. H. Wu,
- D. W. Yang,
- Y. Y. Zhang,
- J. Xue,
- W. Q. Li,
- Q. Q. Li,
- L. Tang,
- S. H. Lu,
- T. Liang,
- Y. A. Tong,
- P. Liu,
- Q. Zhang,
- Z. Q. Xiong,
- X. J. Shi,
- L. H. Wu,
- W. Q. Shi,
- K. Tian,
- X. H. Zhong,
- K. Shi,
- Q. Y. Tang,
- L. J. Zhang,
- J. L. Huang,
- C. E. He,
- F. H. Kuang,
- B. Zhu,
- H. Liu,
- X. Jin,
- Y. J. Xin,
- X. K. Shi,
- E. Z. Du,
- A. J. Dore,
- S. Tang,
- J. L. Collett Jr.,
- K. Goulding,
- Y. X. Sun,
- J. Ren,
- F. S. Zhang,
- X. J. Liu
Affiliations
- W. Xu
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- X. S. Luo
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- Y. P. Pan
- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
- L. Zhang
- Laboratory for Climate and Ocean-Atmosphere Studies, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- A. H. Tang
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- J. L. Shen
- Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 4410125, China
- Y. Zhang
- College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- K. H. Li
- Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
- Q. H. Wu
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- D. W. Yang
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- Y. Y. Zhang
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- J. Xue
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- W. Q. Li
- Fujian Institute of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350003, China
- Q. Q. Li
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- L. Tang
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650224, China
- S. H. Lu
- Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, China
- T. Liang
- Nature Resource and Environment College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
- Y. A. Tong
- Nature Resource and Environment College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
- P. Liu
- Institute of Agricultural Environment and Resource, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taiyuan 030031, China
- Q. Zhang
- Institute of Agricultural Environment and Resource, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taiyuan 030031, China
- Z. Q. Xiong
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210009, China
- X. J. Shi
- College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- L. H. Wu
- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
- W. Q. Shi
- South Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science, Zhanjiang 524091, China
- K. Tian
- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
- X. H. Zhong
- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
- K. Shi
- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, China
- Q. Y. Tang
- College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
- L. J. Zhang
- College of Resources and Environment, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071001, China
- J. L. Huang
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- C. E. He
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- F. H. Kuang
- Institute of Mountain, Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- B. Zhu
- Institute of Mountain, Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- H. Liu
- Research Institute of Soil & Fertilizer and Agricultural Water Conservation, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091, China
- X. Jin
- The Bureau of Qinghai Meteorology, Xining 810001, China
- Y. J. Xin
- The Bureau of Qinghai Meteorology, Xining 810001, China
- X. K. Shi
- Agriculture, Forestry and Water Department of Changdao County, Changdao 265800, China
- E. Z. Du
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, and College of Resources Science & Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- A. J. Dore
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
- S. Tang
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
- J. L. Collett Jr.
- Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- K. Goulding
- The Sustainable Soils and Grassland Systems Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, UK
- Y. X. Sun
- Institute of Soil and Fertilizer, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- J. Ren
- Institute of Soil and Fertilizer, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130124, China
- F. S. Zhang
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- X. J. Liu
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-12345-2015
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 15,
no. 21
pp. 12345 – 12360
Abstract
A Nationwide Nitrogen Deposition Monitoring Network (NNDMN) containing 43 monitoring sites was established in China to measure gaseous NH3, NO2, and HNO3 and particulate NH4+ and NO3− in air and/or precipitation from 2010 to 2014. Wet/bulk deposition fluxes of Nr species were collected by precipitation gauge method and measured by continuous-flow analyzer; dry deposition fluxes were estimated using airborne concentration measurements and inferential models. Our observations reveal large spatial variations of atmospheric Nr concentrations and dry and wet/bulk Nr deposition. On a national basis, the annual average concentrations (1.3–47.0 μg N m−3) and dry plus wet/bulk deposition fluxes (2.9–83.3 kg N ha−1 yr−1) of inorganic Nr species are ranked by land use as urban > rural > background sites and by regions as north China > southeast China > southwest China > northeast China > northwest China > Tibetan Plateau, reflecting the impact of anthropogenic Nr emission. Average dry and wet/bulk N deposition fluxes were 20.6 ± 11.2 (mean ± standard deviation) and 19.3 ± 9.2 kg N ha−1 yr−1 across China, with reduced N deposition dominating both dry and wet/bulk deposition. Our results suggest atmospheric dry N deposition is equally important to wet/bulk N deposition at the national scale. Therefore, both deposition forms should be included when considering the impacts of N deposition on environment and ecosystem health.
