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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Atmosphere (Basel). 2011 Nov 9;2(4):633–654. doi: 10.3390/atmos2040633

Table 1.

Ammonia emission ratios (ΔNH3/ΔCO, mol/mol) for boreal biomass burning.

ΔNH3/ΔCO Ecosystem/Fuel Study Type Source

1.0% ± 0.5% Canadian Forest Satellite (TES) This Study
1.3% Siberian Forest Satellite (IASI) [9]
0.16% ± 0.14% Boreal Forests Aircraft [56]
1.3% ± 0.7% Alaskan Forest Aircraft [54]
1.7% ± 0.9% Alaskan Forest Aircraft [55]
6.9% ± 11.1% Boreal Peat Ground [58]
5.9% ± 3.6% Boreal organic soil Ground [58]
6.9% ± 3.2% Boreal organic soil Ground [59]
1.7% ± 2.2% Boreal dead, woody material Ground [59]
3.5% Alaskan Duff Laboratory [4]
1.0% ± 0.7% Boreal Forests Review: Aircraft Only [3]
5.1% ± 5.6% Boreal Forests Review: Ground Only [3]
3.5% ± 3.2% Boreal Forests Review: Aircraft and Ground [3]
2.6% ± 2.2% Extratropical Forests Review: Aircraft, Satellite, and Ground [57]