Objective The goals of the proposed project are to :A. determine the rates of atmospheric NH3 dry deposition to sensitive semi-natural ecosystems in Europe.B. quantify the net exchange of NH3 over managed agricultural ecosystems in Europe.C. identify the environmental and biological parameters controlling the deposition/emission of NH3 within terrestrial ecosystems.D. generate a mechanistic basis for describing NH3 surface/atmosphere exchange within models of atmospheric deposition.The core of the project is the measurement of NH3 fluxes by micrometeorological techniques over a wide range of ecosystem types (semi-natural moorlands and grasslands, arable croplands and grazed pastures) for a large geographical range of European conditions. This work will be supported by detailed measurement of environmental conditions (e.g. sensible and latent heat fluxes, energy balance, bulk canopy resistances to water vapour loss), together with key measures of plant and soil nitrogen status related to ecosystem type and management (e.g. plant phenology, foliar and soil nitrogen contents, foliar enzyme activity, soil structure and pH). Ammonia fluxes are well suited to field measurement by micrometeorological techniques and these will therefore form the main thrust of the measurement activities. These field measurements will be completed by detailed laboratory experiments of ammonia fluxes using chamber techniques, which will aim to characterize the plant physiological processes controlling NH3 fluxes, for both native and agricultural plant species. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymes Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0106 - Biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem dynamics Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL Address C/o bush estate EH26 0QB Penicuik United Kingdom See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Den Kongelige Veterinær- og Landbohøjskole Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address 13,bülowsvej 1870 Frederiksberg c See on map ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Westerduinweg 3 Petten See on map Links Website Opens in new window Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agrikulturchemie und Umwelthygiene Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address 155,schwarzenburgstrasse 3097 Liebefeld-bern See on map MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Saarstraße 23 55020 Mainz See on map UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Sackville street M60 1QD Manchester See on map Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Boadilla del monte 28660 Madrid See on map
