Photochemical production of odd nitrogen directly from O2, N2 principals: Atmospheric implications and related open issues

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Prasad, Sheo S ^a   Zipf, Edward C ^b  

^a Creative Research Enterprises   (United States)

^b Innovative Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling to solar variability; Odd nitrogen sources; Paleoatmosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

EID: 3042751658     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004061     Document Type: Article

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