Budgets for nocturnal VOC oxidation by nitrate radicals aloft during the 2006 Texas Air Quality Study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Brown, Steven S ^a   Dubé, William P ^a,b   Peischl, Jeff ^a,b   Ryerson, Thomas B ^a   Atlas, Elliot ^c   Warneke, Carsten ^a,b   De Gouw, Joost A ^a,b   Te Lintel Hekkert, Sacco ^d   Brock, Charles A ^a   Flocke, Frank ^e   Trainer, Michael ^a   Parrish, David D ^a   Feshenfeld, Frederick C ^a,b   Ravishankara, A R ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado at Boulder ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Sensor Sense   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; BUDGET CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; OLEFINS; REGIONAL PLANNING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GULF COAST; HIGHLY REACTIVE VOC; HOUSTON; HOUSTON , TEXAS; INDUSTRIAL PLUMES; LOSS RATES; MIXING RATIOS; NITRATE RADICALS; NONZERO CONTRIBUTION; OXIDATION RATES; PARTS PER BILLION; PARTS PER TRILLION; PEROXY RADICALS; PRODUCTION RATES; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; SHIP CHANNELS; STEADY STATE;

OXIDATION;

AIR QUALITY; ALKENE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FREE RADICAL; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ISOPRENE; MIXING RATIO; NITRATE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OXIDANT; OXIDATION; OZONE; REACTION RATE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855335360     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016544     Document Type: Article

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