Closing maize yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa will boost soil N2O emissions

S Leitner, DE Pelster, C Werner, L Merbold… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Maize yields in sub-Sahara Africa are low due to low fertilizer input.•This creates
a yield gap (difference between potential and actual maize yield).•Closing yield gaps will …

[HTML][HTML] A global assessment of precipitation chemistry and deposition of sulfur, nitrogen, sea salt, base cations, organic acids, acidity and pH, and phosphorus

R Vet, RS Artz, S Carou, M Shaw, CU Ro, W Aas… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
A global assessment of precipitation chemistry and deposition has been carried out under
the direction of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Global Atmosphere Watch …

Humans, megafauna and environmental change in tropical Australia

MI Bird, LB Hutley, MJ Lawes, JON Lloyd… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Debate concerning the environmental impact of human arrival in Australia has continued for
more than a century. Here we review the evidence for human impact and the mechanisms …

Ammonia emissions in tropical biomass burning regions: Comparison between satellite-derived emissions and bottom-up fire inventories

S Whitburn, M Van Damme, JW Kaiser… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Vegetation fires emit large amounts of nitrogen compounds in the atmosphere, including
ammonia (NH 3). These emissions are still subject to large uncertainties. In this study, we …

Worldwide spatiotemporal atmospheric ammonia (NH3) columns variability revealed by satellite

M Van Damme, JW Erisman, L Clarisse… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We exploit 6 years of measurements from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
(IASI)/MetOp‐A instrument to identify seasonal patterns and interannual variability of …

Global dry deposition of nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide inferred from space‐based measurements

CR Nowlan, RV Martin, S Philip… - Global …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A method is developed to estimate global NO2 and SO2 dry deposition fluxes at high spatial
resolution (0.1°× 0.1°) using satellite measurements from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument …

Precipitation chemistry and wet deposition in a remote wet savanna site in West Africa: Djougou (Benin)

AB Akpo, C Galy-Lacaux, D Laouali, C Delon… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the framework of the IDAF (IGAC/DEBITS/AFrica) international program, this study aims to
study the chemical composition of precipitation and associated wet deposition at the rural …

Spatial redistribution of nutrients by large herbivores and dung beetles in a savanna ecosystem

MP Veldhuis, MI Gommers, H Olff… - Journal of Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Territorial or resting behaviour of large herbivores can cause strong local deposits of dung,
in different places than where they graze. Additionally, dung beetles and other …

Dry deposition of nitrogen compounds (NO2, HNO3, NH3), sulfur dioxide and ozone in west and central African ecosystems using the inferential method

M Adon, C Galy-Lacaux, C Delon… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
This work is part of the IDAF program (IGAC-DEBITS-AFRICA) and is based on the long-term
monitoring of gas concentrations (1998–2007) established at seven remote sites …

Land use specific ammonia deposition velocities: A review of recent studies (2004–2013)

F Schrader, C Brümmer - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2014 - Springer
Land use specific deposition velocities of atmospheric trace gases and aerosols—
particularly of reactive nitrogen compounds—are a fundamental input variable for a variety …