Measurements of ambient HONO concentrations and vertical HONO flux above a northern Michigan forest canopy

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 8285-8296

  Zhang, N ^a   Zhou, X ^a,b   Bertman, S ^c   Tang, D ^d   Alaghmand, M ^e   Shepson, P B ^e   Carroll, M A ^f  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACID; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; ERROR CORRECTION; FOREST CANOPY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOMETER; POINT SOURCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868685152     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-8285-2012     Document Type: Article

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