South Pole NOx Chemistry: An assessment of factors controlling variability and absolute levels

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 5375-5388

  Davis, D ^a   Chen, G ^a,b   Buhr, M ^a,c   Crawford, J ^b   Lenschow, D ^d   Lefer, B ^d   Shetter, R ^d   Eisele, F ^d   Mauldin, L ^d   Hogan, A ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Sonoma Tech and Air Quality Design   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e FCI USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; ISCAT; NO; Photochemistry; South Pole

Indexed keywords

AIR; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOLYSIS;

AIR DRAINAGE; NITRATE IONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; SNOW;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; EMISSION; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SNOW;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); NITROGEN DEPOSITION; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REVIEW; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 4444278116     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.04.039     Document Type: Article

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