Oxidized nitrogen and ozone production efficiencies in the springtime free troposphere over the Alps

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D11, 2000, Pages 14547-14559

  Carpenter, L J ^a,b   Green, T J ^a   Mills, G P ^a   Bauguitte, S ^a   Penkett, S A ^a   Zanis, P ^c   Schuepbach, E ^c   Schmidbauer, N ^d   Monks, P S ^e   Zellweger, C ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXIDATION; OZONE; SPRING (SEASON); TROPOSPHERE;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033792525     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900002     Document Type: Article

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