Mineral dust and global tropospheric chemistry: Relative roles of photolysis and heterogeneous uptake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Bian, Huisheng ^a   Zender, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous reaction; Mineral dust; Photolysis impact; Tropospheric chemistry

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DUST; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 1342310583     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003143     Document Type: Article

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