Potential new atmospheric sources and sinks of odd nitrogen: Sources involving the excited O2, and the N2O·O3 species

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2173-2176

  Prasad, Sheo S ^a  

^a Creative Research Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DISSOCIATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; REACTION KINETICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ODD NITROGEN; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOEXCITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; SOURCE/SINK;

EID: 0032525753     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01610     Document Type: Article

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