Episodic removal of NOy species from the marine boundary layer over the North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 28947-28960

  Roberts, James M ^a   Parrish, David D ^a   Norton, Richard B ^a   Bertman, Steven B ^a,b,c   Holloway, John S ^a,b   Trainer, Michael ^a   Fehsenfeld, Fredrick C ^a,b   Carroll, Mary Anne ^d,f   Albercook, George M ^d,f   Wang, Tao ^d,f   Forbes, Gerald ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f Oceanic Space Sci ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EPISODIC REMOVAL; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDE; PHOTOCHEMICAL POLLUTION; TOTAL REACTIVE OXIDIZED NITROGEN;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030441755     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02632     Document Type: Article

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