Impact of inert organic nitrate formation on ground-level ozone in a regional air quality model using the carbon bond mechanism 4

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3205-3208

  Kasibhatla, P ^a   Chameides, W L ^b   Duncan, B ^b   Houyoux, M ^c   Jang, C ^c   Mathur, R ^c   Odman, T ^c   Xiu, A ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MCNC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; CARBON BOND MECHANISMS; LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC PEROXY RADICALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; RADICAL-RADICAL REACTIONS; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY MODELING; REGULATORY AGENCIES;

OZONE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

SWEEPING CHANGES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITRATE; ORGANIC NITRATE FORMATION; OZONE;

USA, (EAST);

EID: 0031390852     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03260     Document Type: Article

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