Estimation of actinic flux and photolysis rate constant of NO2 from aerosol size data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1479-1488

  Sunny, Faby ^a   Mahadevan, T N ^a   Sitaraman, V ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol size distribution; Delta Eddington approximation; Junge distribution; NO2 photolysis; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

DELTA-EDDINGTON APPROXIMATION; JUNGE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; TWOMEYY ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; QUARTZ APPLICATIONS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ACTINIC FLUX; AEROSOL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033121146     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00225-8     Document Type: Article

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