The sea breeze/land breeze circulation in Los Angeles and its influence on nitryl chloride production in this region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Wagner, N L ^a,b   Riedel, T P ^c   Roberts, J M ^a   Thornton, J A ^c   Angevine, W M ^a,b   Williams, E J ^a,b   Lerner, B M ^a,b   Vlasenko, A ^d   Li, S M ^d   Dube W P ^a,b   Coffman, D J ^e   Bon, D M ^a,b   De Gouw, J A ^a,b   Kuster, W C ^a,b   Gilman, J B ^a,b   Brown, S S ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHLORINE; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS;

ATOMIC CHLORINE; BOX MODELS; BREEZE CIRCULATION; DINITROGEN; DIURNAL CIRCULATION; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; LAND BREEZES; LOS ANGELES; LOS ANGELES BASIN; MARINE AIR; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; OVER WATER; OZONE PRODUCTION; SEA BREEZE; SEA SALTS; TRACE GAS; UPPER LIMITS; URBAN AIR; WIND PROFILER;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CHLORIDE; DIURNAL VARIATION; LAND BREEZE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PHOTOLYSIS; RADICAL; SEA BREEZE; SEA SALT; TRACE GAS; METEOROLOGY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; SANTA MONICA BAY; UNITED STATES; LOS ANGELES BASIN;

EID: 84870473501     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017810     Document Type: Article

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