Influence of trans-Pacific pollution transport on acyl peroxy nitrate abundances and speciation at Mount Bachelor Observatory during INTEX-B

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 5309-5325

  Wolfe, G M ^a   Thornton, J A ^a   McNeill, V F ^a,e   Jaffe, D A ^a,b   Reidmiller, D ^a   Chand, D ^b   Smith, J ^b,f   Swartzendruber, P ^a   Flocke, F ^c   Zheng, W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNAVCO ^*  (United States)

^f University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATE; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TROPOSPHERE;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT BACHELOR; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348941444     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-5309-2007     Document Type: Article

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