Assessment of ozone effects on nitrate export from Hubbard Brook Watershed 6.
The impact of the air pollution ozone on soil N dynamics and temporal and spatial patterns of streamflow nitrate flux at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Watershed 6 during the 1964-1994 period was assessed using aggregated (one-cell) and spatially explicit (208-cell) versions of the SImple NItrogen Cycle (SINIC) model. Simulated ozone effects included reductions in stomatal conductance and plant N demand. Model uncertainty was evaluated using Monte Carlo simulations. Ambient ozone was estimated to cause an additional 0.042 gN/m2 per year of nitrate export, 12% of the mean annual streamflow nitrate flux. The 95% credible interval of this estimate was 0.002-0.083 gN/m2 per year, or 0.72-27.3% of the annual flux. The large uncertainty in this estimate suggests that it may be difficult to identify ozone effects on nitrate export utilizing long term data from a single site.
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Bongghi
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Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. bohong@mailbox.syr.edu
Weinstein
David A
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Swaney
Dennis P
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D000393:Air Pollutants; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D016468:Forestry; D005618:Fresh Water; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009518:New York; D009566:Nitrates; D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical; D010126:Ozone; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013995:Time; D014872:Water Movements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
D000393:Air Pollutants; D009566:Nitrates; D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D010126:Ozone