Two-years of NO3 radical observations in the boundary layer over the Eastern Mediterranean

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-327

  Vrekoussis, M ^a,c   Mihalopoulos, N ^a   Gerasopoulos, E ^a,d   Kanakidou, M ^a   Crutzen, P J ^b   Lelieveld, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO; NITRATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TROPOSPHERE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CRETE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY;

EID: 33846642983     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-315-2007     Document Type: Article

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