Oxalic acid in clear and cloudy atmospheres: Analysis of data from International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation 2004

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Sorooshian, Armin ^a   Varutbangkul, Varuntida ^a   Brechtel, Fred J ^a,b   Ervens, Barbara ^c,d   Feingold, Graham ^d   Bahreini, Roya ^a,d   Murphy, Shane M ^a   Holloway, John S ^d   Atlas, Eliot L ^e   Buzorius, Gintas ^f   Jonsson, Haflidi ^f   Flagan, Richard C ^a   Seinfeld, John H ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Brechtel Manufacturing Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLOUDS; OXIDATION;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; OXALIC ACID; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

EID: 34249876495     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006880     Document Type: Article

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