Significant concentrations of nitryl chloride observed in rural continental Europe associated with the influence of sea salt chloride and anthropogenic emissions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Phillips, G J ^a   Tang, M J ^a   Thieser, J ^a   Brickwedde, B ^a   Schuster, G ^a   Bohn, B ^b   Lelieveld, J ^a   Crowley, J N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS;

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CL ATOMS; GERMANY; MIXING RATIOS; OZONE PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOLYSIS FREQUENCIES; PRODUCTION RATES; SEA SALTS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHLORIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MIXING RATIO; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEA SALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); RURAL AREA;

GERMANY; HESSE; EUROPE;

EID: 84861668676     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051912     Document Type: Article

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