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Regional air pollution in northeast Asia is an emerging environmental problem requiring long-term impact assessment of acidic deposition. In this study, the gridded distribution of nitrogen uptake led by both growing forests and harvested biomass for eight tree species: Japanese Larch, Red pine, Korean pine, Oak tree, Chestnut, Other Conifers, Other broad leaved trees, and Mixed forest was identified to estimate critical loads for nitrogen over South Korea. The gridded spatial distribution of averaged nitrogen uptake was mapped by 0.125° Latitude × 0.125° Longitude resolution. The results showed that net uptake of nitrogen led by both growth and harvested biomass was totaled at 438 molc ha−1 year−1 among which harvested biomass contribution was estimated to be 25 molc ha−1 year−1, yielding a very small fraction of total nitrogen uptake presumably due to the younger stages of forest in South Korea.
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This research has been financially supported by the Global Environment Research Center/National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) through the project titled “Development of next-generation acid deposition model for prediction of long-range transport of air pollutants in Northeast Asia.”
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Kim, CH., Park, IS., Kim, SK. et al. Estimation and Mapping of Nitrogen Uptake by Forest in South Korea. Water Air Soil Pollut 187, 315–325 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-007-9519-5
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