Night-time chemistry above London: Measurements of NO3 and N2O5 from the BT Tower

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9781-9795

  Benton, A K ^a,e   Langridge, J M ^a,f   Ball, S M ^b   Bloss, W J ^c   Dall'Osto, M ^c,g   Nemitz, E ^d   Harrison, R M ^c   Jones, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC SINK; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; PARTITIONING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77958146989     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-9781-2010     Document Type: Article

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