Summertime photochemistry during CAREBeijing-2007: RO x budgets and O3 formation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 7737-7752

  Liu, Z ^a,e   Wang, Y ^a   Gu, D ^a   Zhao, C ^a,f   Huey, L G ^a   Stickel, R ^a   Liao, J ^a   Shao, M ^b   Zhu, T ^b   Zeng, L ^b   Amoroso, A ^c   Costabile, F ^c   Chang, C C ^d   Liu, S C ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84869064524     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7737-2012     Document Type: Article

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