The IPAC-NC field campaign: A pollution and oxidization pool in the lower atmosphere over Huabei, China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3883-3908

  Ma, J Z ^a   Wang, W ^b   Chen, Y ^a   Liu, H J ^b   Yan, P ^a,f   Ding, G A ^a   Wang, M L ^a   Sun, J ^a,f   Lelieveld, J ^c,d,e  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; FOG; HAZE; HYDROXIDE; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SMOG; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84860645080     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-3883-2012     Document Type: Article

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