Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen to the Baltic Sea in the period 1995–2006.pdfVIP

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 10057– 10069, 2011 Atmospheric /11/10057/2011/ doi:10.5194/acp-11-10057-2011 Chemistry © Author(s) 2011. CC Attribution 3.0 License. and Physics Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen to the Baltic Sea in the period 1995–2006 J. Bartnicki, V. S. Semeena, and H. Fagerli Research and Development Department, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway Received: 15 December 2010 – Published in Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.: 19 January 2011 Revised: 6 June 2011 – Accepted: 13 September 2011 – Published: 4 October 2011 Abstract. The EMEP/MSC-W model has been used to system and eutrophication (HELCOM, 2009). The nitrogen compute atmospheric nitrogen deposition into the Baltic Sea input entering the Baltic Sea is both airborne and waterborne, basin for the period of 12 yr: 1995–2006. The level of an- whereas phosphorus input is mostly waterborne (HELCOM, nual total nitrogen deposition into the Baltic Sea basin has 2010). Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen accounts for ap- changed from 230 Gg N in 1995 to 199 Gg N in 2006, de- proximately one quarter to one third of the total nitrogen in- creasing 13 %. This value corresponds well with the total put to the Baltic Sea (HELCOM, 2005a) and has been reg- nitrogen emission reduction (11 %) in the HELCOM Con- ularly monitored by following the results of measurements tracting Parties. However, inter-annual variability of nitrogen and model calculations. deposition to the Baltic Sea basin is relatively large, ranging The Co-operative Program for Monitoring and Evaluation from −13 % to +17 % of the averaged value. It is mainly of the Long-Range Transmi