N2O5 uptake coefficients and nocturnal NO2 removal rates determined from ambient wintertime measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9331-9350

  Wagner, N L ^a,b   Riedel, T P ^c   Young, C J ^d   Bahreini, R ^e   Brock, C A ^a   Dube W P ^a,b   Kim, S ^f   Middlebrook, A M ^a   Ozturk F ^g   Roberts, J M ^a   Russo, R ^h   Sive, B ^h   Swarthout, R ⁱ   Thornton, J A ^c   VandenBoer, T C ^d   Zhou, Y ⁱ   Brown, S S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS;

AEROSOL NITRATES; AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AMBIENT MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY STUDIES; NITRATE RADICALS; UPTAKE COEFFICIENTS; URBAN POLLUTIONS; WINTER CONDITIONS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROLYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROUS OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; URBAN POLLUTION;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES; WELD COUNTY;

EID: 84884151628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50653     Document Type: Article

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