On the origin of surface ozone and reactive nitrogen observed at a remote mountain site in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, western China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Wang, T ^a   Wong, H L A ^a   Tang, J ^b   Ding, A ^a   Wu, W S ^a   Zhang, X C ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; OZONE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; MODIS; NITROGEN; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REMOTE SENSING; TRACE GAS; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745240416     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006527     Document Type: Article

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