Open AccessAmmonia map shows hot spots
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2009.50404_6.x
Subject(s) - spots , ammonia , hot spot (computer programming) , environmental science , materials science , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , operating system
The ESA MetOp satellite has provided the data for researchers to produce the first global map of ammonia emissions. The map shows high production over areas of intensive agriculture, as well as sources not previously known.