Fixes to the Ryden & McNeil Ammonia Flux Model

Abstract

We propose two simple fixes to the Ryden and McNeil ammonia flux model. These are necessary to prevent estimates from becoming unphysical, which very often happens and which has not yet been noted in the literature. The first fix is to constrain the limits of certain of the model's parameters; without this limit, estimates from the model are seen to produce absurd values. The second is to estimate a point at which additional contributions of atmospheric ammonia are not part of a planned expert but are the result of natural background levels. These two fixes produce results that are everywhere physical. Some experiment types, such as surface broadcast, are not well cast in the Ryden and McNeil scheme, and lead to over-estimates of atmospheric ammonia.