Importance of mineral cations and organics in gas-aerosol partitioning of reactive nitrogen compounds: Case study based on MINOS results

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2549-2567

  Metzger, S ^a   Mihalopoulos, N ^b   Lelieveld, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; GAS; MINERAL; NITROGEN COMPOUND; ORGANIC ACID;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745762053     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-2549-2006     Document Type: Article

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