Modelling chemistry in the nocturnal boundary layer above tropical rainforest and a generalised effective nocturnal ozone deposition velocity for sub-ppbv NOx conditions

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 89-110

  Pugh, Thomas A M ^a   Ryder, James ^b,c   MacKenzie, A Robert ^a   Moller, Sarah J ^d   Lee, James D ^d   Helfter, Carole ^b   Nemitz, Eiko ^b   Lowe, Douglas ^c   Hewitt, C Nicholas ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Box model; NOx; Nocturnal boundary layer; Ozone; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; RAIN; TERPENE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN OXIDES; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OZONE; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOLYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION;

EID: 79959710295     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: 15730662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-011-9183-4     Document Type: Review

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