Oxidation capacity of the city air of Santiago, Chile

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2257-2273

  Elshorbany, Y F ^a,b   Kurtenbach, R ^a   Wiesen, P ^a   Lissi, E ^c   Rubio, M ^c   Villena, G ^c   Gramsch, E ^c   Rickard, A R ^d   Pilling, M J ^d   Kleffmann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MIXING RATIO; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION BUDGET; REACTION KINETICS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA;

EID: 70049090535     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-2257-2009     Document Type: Article

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