Airborne and ground-based observations of a weekend effect in ozone, precursors, and oxidation products in the California South Coast Air Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Pollack, I B ^a,b   Ryerson, T B ^b   Trainer, M ^b   Parrish, D D ^b   Andrews, A E ^b   Atlas, E L ^c   Blake, D R ^d   Brown, S S ^b   Commane, R ^e   Daube, B C ^e   De Gouw, J A ^a,b   Dube W P ^a,b   Flynn, J ^f   Frost, G J ^a,b   Gilman, J B ^a,b   Grossberg, N ^f   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Kofler, J ^a,b   Kort, E A ^e   Kuster, W C ^a   Lang, P M ^b   Lefer, B ^f   Lueb, R A ^g   Neuman, J A ^a,b   Nowak, J B ^a,b   Novelli, P C ^b   Peischl, J ^a,b   Perring, A E ^a,b   Roberts, J M ^b   Santoni, G ^e   Schwarz, J P ^a,b   Spackman, J R ^a,b   Wagner, N L ^a,b   Warneke, C ^a,b   Washenfelder, R A ^a,b   Wofsy, S C ^e   Xiang, B ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Houston   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION;

CALIFORNIA; FIELD STUDIES; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; GROUND-BASED DATA; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; NON-METHANE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; OZONE EFFECTS; OZONE LEVELS; OZONE LOSS; OZONE PRODUCTION; PEROXYACETYL NITRATES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSING; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SOUTH COAST AIR BASINS; WEEKEND EFFECTS;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856951854     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016772     Document Type: Article

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