Nitrogen dioxide measurement by cavity attenuated phase shift spectroscopy (CAPS) and implications in ozone production efficiency and nitrate formation in Beijing, China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9499-9509

  Ge, Baozhu ^a,b   Sun, Yele ^a   Liu, Ying ^c   Dong, Huabin ^a   Ji, Dongsheng ^a   Jiang, Qi ^a,d   Li, Jie ^a   Wang, Zifa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OZONE; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS;

DETECTION LIMITS; FORMATION MECHANISM; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; OZONE PRODUCTION; PHASE SHIFT SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

METEOROLOGY; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; SMOG; SPECTROSCOPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84885153781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50757     Document Type: Article

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