OH field measurements: A critical input into model calculations on atmospheric chemistry

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1886-1894

  Comes, F J ^a,b   Forberich, O ^a   Walter, J ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Inst F Phys und Theor Chemie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; HYDROXIDES; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MODEL; MODEL CALCULATIONS;

EID: 0031449399     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1886:OFMACI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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