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HNO3 deposition to a deciduous forest

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The deposition velocity (V d) of nitric acid vapor over a fully leafed deciduous forest was estimated using flux/gradient theory. HNO3 deposition velocities ranged from 2.2 to 6.0cm/s with a mean V don the order of 4.0cms-1. Estimates of V dfrom a detailed canopy turbulence model gave deposition velocities of similar magnitude. The model was used to investigate the sensitivity of V dto the leaf boundary-layer resistance and leaf area index (LAI). Although modeled deposition velocities were found to be sensitive to the parameterization of the leaf boundary-layer resistance, they were less sensitive to the LAI. Modeled V d's were found to peak at LAI = 7.

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    Present address: Center of Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 02882-1197, Narragansett, RI, USA

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  2. Department of Chemistry, Colorado College, 80903, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

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Meyers, T.P., Huebert, B.J. & Hicks, B.B. HNO3 deposition to a deciduous forest. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 49, 395–410 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123651

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