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Record 1 2002-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Atmospheric models are not yet available to provide a detailed, quantitative relationship between NOx emissions and acid deposition; however, on the simplifying assumption that the nitrate contribution to acid precipitation can be linearly related to NOx emissions then, from Table 6, the contribution of LDV's, which are the largest individual source of NOx emissions in the transportation sector, would be about 9% of precipitation acidity.

OBS

As opposed to area source.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
OBS

Terme du langage courant utilisé pour désigner séparément l'une ou l'autre des "sources multiples", ou pour désigner une source qui se définit par opposition à une source étendue.

OBS

Voir aussi "source isolée" et "source définie".

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
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