Effect of sulfate aerosol on tropospheric NOx and ozone budgets: Model simulations and TOPSE evidence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Tie, Xuexi ^a   Emmons, Louisa ^a   Horowitz, Larry ^b   Brasseur, Guy ^c   Ridley, Brian ^a   Atlas, Elliot ^a   Stround, Craig ^a   Hess, Peter ^a   Klonecki, Andrzej ^a   Madronich, Sasha ^a   Talbot, Robert ^d   Dibb, Jack ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ozone; Tropospheric aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SULFATE;

EID: 1642521728     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001508     Document Type: Article

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