Atmospheric oxidation capacity in the summer of Houston 2006: Comparison with summer measurements in other metropolitan studies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 4107-4115

  Mao, Jingqiu ^a   Ren, Xinrong ^a,d   Chen, Shuang ^a   Brune, William H ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a,e   Martinez, Monica ^b   Harder, Hartwig ^b   Lefer, Barry ^c   Rappenglück, Bernhard ^c   Flynn, James ^c   Leuchner, Michael ^c,f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

HO2; HOx budget; OH; OH chainlength; OH reactivity; Ozone production rate; Ozone production sensitivity

Indexed keywords

HO2; HOX BUDGET; OH; OH REACTIVITY; OZONE PRODUCTION RATE; OZONE PRODUCTION SENSITIVITY;

BUDGET CONTROL; CHAIN LENGTH; INORGANIC ACIDS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR POLLUTION;

FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS ACID; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; MEXICO; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; HOUSTON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60449084616     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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