2014 Data Summary of Wet Nitrogen Deposition at Rocky Mountain National Park
Morris K. 2016. 2014 Data Summary of Wet Nitrogen Deposition at Rocky Mountain National Park. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/NRSS/ARD/NRDS—2016/1036. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The annual Monitoring and Tracking Wet Nitrogen Deposition at Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) reports were peer reviewed and published from 2009 to 2013. Reports will continue to be peer-reviewed and published for milestone years including 2017, 2022, 2027, and 2032. However, in 2014, it was decided that a summary of the data would be compiled and distributed annually between milestone years. The purpose of this data summary is the same as the full reports, which is to inform the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agencies, stakeholders, and the public about the current status and trends of wet nitrogen (N) deposition in accordance with the Nitrogen Deposition Reduction Plan for RMNP. Several analyses are used to track nitrogen deposition at RMNP, including: 1. assessment of progress along the glidepath, 2. long-term (>25 years) trend analyses for RMNP and other regional sites, and 3. short-term (5 and 7 years) trend analyses for RMNP and other regional sites. Wet N deposition data through 2014 are presented in this summary and are available on the National Atmospheric Deposition Program website (http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu). A complete overview of the issue and description of the methods are available in the last full report (Morris et al. 2015) at https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/AP_RMNP_2013-Monitoring-and-Tracking-Wet-Nitrogen-Deposition.pdf.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Morris, Kristi
- Date of Issue
- 2016-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ARD , NRSS , ROMO
- Keywords
- NPS; National Park Service; ROMO; RMNP; Rocky Mountain National Park; Air; Air Pollution; Air Quality; Nitrogen; N; Deposition; Atmospheric Deposition; Loch Vale; wet nitrogen; ammonium; nitrate; precipitation; trends; glide path
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Wet and Dry Deposition , Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Weather and Climate | Weather and Climate