Chlorine activation within urban or power plant plumes: Vertically resolved ClNO2 and Cl2 measurements from a tall tower in a polluted continental setting

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8702-8715

  Riedel, Theran P ^a   Wagner, Nicholas L ^b,c   Dubé, William P ^b,c   Middlebrook, Ann M ^c   Young, Cora J ^d   Öztürk, Fatma ^e   Bahreini, Roya ^f   Vandenboer, Trevor C ^g   Wolfe, Daniel E ^c   Williams, Eric J ^c   Roberts, James M ^c   Brown, Steven S ^c   Thornton, Joel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

NACHTT; nitryl chloride; yields

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; MIXING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; TOWERS;

AEROSOL SURFACE AREA; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DINITROGEN PENTOXIDE; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; NACHTT; NITRYL CHLORIDE; YIELDS;

PHASE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHLORINE; COASTAL ZONE; COMBUSTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN COMPOUND; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POWER PLANT; SURFACE LAYER; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

EID: 84884161675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50637     Document Type: Article

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