Airborne observations of total RONO2: New constraints on the yield and lifetime of isoprene nitrates

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1451-1463

  Perring, A E ^a   Bertram, T H ^a,k   Wooldridge, P J ^a   Fried, A ^b   Heikes, B G ^c   Dibb, J ^d   Crounse, J D ^e   Wennberg, P O ^f,g   Blake, N J ^h   Blake, D R ^h   Brune, W H ⁱ   Singh, H B ^j   Cohen, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; FREE RADICAL; ISOPRENE; LAND SURFACE; NITRATE; OXIDATION; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849125145     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-1451-2009     Document Type: Article

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