Heterogeneous reactions on and in sulfate aerosols: Implications for the chemistry of the midlatitude tropopause region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D5, 1999, Pages 5531-5550

  Hendricks, J ^a   Lippert, E ^a   Petry, H ^a,b   Ebel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b EON Kernkraft GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MIDLATITUDE; SULFATE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0033586194     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD100098     Document Type: Article

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