Summertime NOx measurements during the CHABLIS campaign: Can source and sink estimates unravel observed diurnal cycles?

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 989-1002

  Bauguitte, S J B ^a,d   Bloss, W J ^b,e   Evans, M J ^b,f   Salmon, R A ^a   Anderson, P S ^a   Jones, A E ^a   Lee, J D ^b,f   Saiz Lopez, A ^c,g   Roscoe, H K ^a   Wolff, E W ^a   Plane, J M C ^b,c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SUMMER;

EID: 84878188743     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-989-2012     Document Type: Article

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