A modeling study of the impact of winter-spring arctic outflow on the NOx and O3 budgets of the North Atlantic troposphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2002, Pages

  Hamlin, Amy J ^a   Honrath, Richard E ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; High latitude; Nitrogen oxides; North Atlantic; PAN; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE EFFECT; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; OUTFLOW; OZONE; PEROXYACETYL NITRATE; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0038295426     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000453     Document Type: Article

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