Commentary on "homogeneous nucleation of NAD and NAT in liquid stratospheric aerosols: Insufficient to explain denitrification" by Knopf et al.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 863-865

  Tabazadeh, A ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 7244253647     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-3-863-2003     Document Type: Note

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