Nocturnal NO3 radical chemistry in Houston, TX

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 4099-4106

  Stutz, Jochen ^a   Wong, Kam Weng ^a   Lawrence, Laura ^a   Ziemba, Luke ^b   Flynn, James H ^c   Rappenglück, Bernhard ^c   Lefer, Barry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Nitrate radical; NO3 radical; Nocturnal chemistry

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; HOUSTON; LONG-PATH; NITRATE RADICAL; NITRATE RADICALS; NITROGEN BUDGETS; NO3 RADICAL; NOCTURNAL CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC NITRATES; RADICAL CHEMISTRY; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; TRACE-GASES; URBAN AIR QUALITY; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL STABILITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUTADIENE; BUTENES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POLLUTION;

NITRATES;

1,3 BUTADIENE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; ISOBUTYLENE; ISOPRENE; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RADICAL;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDES; RADICAL; TRACE GAS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; UNITED STATES;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956506003     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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