Peroxy radical partitioning during the AMMA radical intercomparison exercise

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10621-10638

  Andres Hernandez M D ^a   Stone, D ^b   Brookes, D M ^c   Commane, R ^b,g   Reeves, C E ^d   Huntrieser, H ^e   Heard, D E ^b   Monks, P S ^c   Burrows, J P ^a   Schlager, H ^e   Kartal, D ^a   Evans, M J ^b   Floquet, C F A ^b   Ingham, T ^b   Methven, J ^f   Parker, A E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTITIONING; PEROXY RADICAL; PHOTOLYSIS; SUMMER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AFRICA;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 78349238927     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-10621-2010     Document Type: Article

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