Modelling of the photooxidation of toluene: Conceptual ideas for validating detailed mechanisms

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-106

  Wagner, V ^a   Jenkin, M E ^b   Saunders, S M ^a,d   Stanton, J ^a   Wirtz, K ^c   Pilling, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0345991430     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-3-89-2003     Document Type: Article

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