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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2011-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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13 Feb 2018
Research article |
| 13 Feb 2018
| 13 Feb 2018
Contributions of natural and anthropogenic sources to ambient ammonia in the Athabasca Oil Sands and north-western Canada
Cynthia H. Whaley
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paul A. Makar
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mark W. Shephard
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Leiming Zhang
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Junhua Zhang
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Qiong Zheng
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ayodeji Akingunola
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gregory R. Wentworth
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environmental Monitoring and Science Division, Alberta Environment and Parks, 9888 Jasper Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jennifer G. Murphy
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Shailesh K. Kharol
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karen E. Cady-Pereira
Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
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- Estimation of Atmospheric Dry and Wet Deposition of Particulate Elements at Four Monitoring Sites in the Canadian Athabasca Oil Sands Region A. Mamun et al. 10.1029/2021JD035787
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Short summary
Using a modified air quality forecasting model, we have found that a significant fraction (> 50 %) of ambient ammonia comes from re-emission from plants and soils in the broader Athabasca Oil Sands region and much of Alberta and Saskatchewan. We also found that about 20 % of ambient ammonia in Alberta and Saskatchewan came from forest fires in the summer of 2013. The addition of these two processes improved modelled ammonia, which was a motivating factor in undertaking this research.
Using a modified air quality forecasting model, we have found that a significant fraction...
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