HOx measurements in the summertime upper troposphere over Europe: A comparison of observations to a box model and a 3-D model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 10703-10720

  Regelin, E ^a   Harder, H ^a   Martinez, M ^a   Kubistin, D ^a,b   Tatum Ernest, C ^a   Bozem, H ^a,c   Klippel, T ^a   Hosaynali Beygi, Z ^a   Fischer, H ^a   Sander, R ^a   Jockel P ^a,d   Konigstedt R ^a   Lelieveld, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MIXING RATIO; PHOTOLYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84887086915     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10703-2013     Document Type: Article

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