Oceanic alkyl nitrates as a natural source of tropospheric ozone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Neu, Jessica L ^a   Lawler, Michael J ^a   Prather, Michael J ^a   Saltzman, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALKYLATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OZONE;

ALKYL NITRATES; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL; GLOBAL IMPACTS; NATURAL SOURCES; TROPOSPHERIC OZONES;

NITRATES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON EMISSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; METHANE; MODELING; NITRATE; OZONE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 53749103600     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034189     Document Type: Article

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