Photolysis of surface O3 and production potential of OH radicals in the atmosphere over the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lin, Weili ^a,b   Zhu, Tong ^a   Song, Yu ^a   Zou, Han ^c   Tang, Mingyu ^a   Tang, Xiaoyan ^a   Hu, Jiangxin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE LAYER; PHOTOLYSIS; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MODELING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 41649121703     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008831     Document Type: Article

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