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. 2016 May 9;113(21):5874–5879. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1525736113

Table S2.

Summary of data from US national networks used in the study

Network Deposition species Data period Source
AMoN* Dry deposition: gaseous NH3 2011–2013 nadp.isws.illinois.edu/AMoN
CASTNET Dry deposition: gaseous HNO3, particulate NH4+, NO3 2011–2013 https://www.epa.gov/castnet
NTN Wet deposition: NH4+, NO3 1990–2013 nadp.isws.illinois.edu/NTN
IMPROVE NHx§ Dry deposition: gaseous NH3, particulate NH4+, NO3 2011–2012 (28)
*

The AMoN is operated by the NADP, which measures biweekly NH3 concentrations using passive diffusion (Radiello) samplers.

The CASTNET is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and NPS, which measures weekly HNO3 and particulate NH4+ and NO3 concentrations using three-stage filter pack samplers.

The NTN is operated by the NADP, which measures weekly NH4+, NO3 concentrations in precipitation samples.

§

The IMPROVE NHx study was conducted from April 2011 to August 2012, which measured the sum of gaseous NH3 and fine particle NH4+ concentrations using a single, acid-coated filter with 1-in-3 d sampling period. Colocated measurements of NH4+, NO3 and sulfate (SO42−) collected on nylon filters provide two methods to determine the split of measured NHx between gaseous NH3 and fine particle NH4+; here we assume that fine particle NO3 and SO42− are fully neutralized by NH4+ to estimate the NH4+ concentration, which was then subtracted from the NHx concentration to obtain a lower bound estimate of the NH3 concentration (28).