A study of organic nitrates formation in an urban plume using a Master Chemical Mechanism

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 5771-5786

  Sommariva, Roberto ^a,b   Trainer, Michael ^a   de Gouw, Joost A ^a,b   Roberts, James M ^a,b   Warneke, Carsten ^a,b   Atlas, Elliot ^c   Flocke, Frank ^d   Goldan, Paul D ^a,b   Kuster, William C ^a,b   Swanson, Aaron L ^d   Fehsenfeld, Fred C ^a,b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkyl nitrates; MCM; NEAQS; Photochemistry; Urban plume

Indexed keywords

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; ALKYL NITRATES; CHEMICAL MODELING; EVOLUTION (CO); FORMATION PROCESSES; MASTER CHEMICAL MECHANISM; MODEL RESULTS; NEW YORK CITY (NYC); ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC NITRATES; TYPICAL URBAN (TU); UNITED STATES; URBAN PLUMES;

ORGANIC NITRATE;

ALKANE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CARBOXYLIC ACID; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLUME;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749112704     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.031     Document Type: Article

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