Hydrogen oxide photochemistry in the northern Canadian spring time boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Edwards, P ^a   Evans, M J ^a   Commane, R ^a,b   Ingham, T ^a   Stone, D ^a   Mahajan, A S ^a,c   Oetjen, H ^a,d   Dorsey, J R ^e   Hopkins, J R ^f   Lee, J D ^f   Moller, S J ^f   Leigh, R ^g   Plane, J M C ^a   Carpenter, L J ^f   Heard, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS;

CHEMISTRY MODELS; HUDSON BAY; LOCAL OZONE PRODUCTIONS; MODEL SIMULATION; OXIDIZING CAPACITY; RADICAL SOURCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; RADICAL; SPRING (SEASON);

CANADA; HUDSON BAY;

EID: 81755185995     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016390     Document Type: Article

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