Four years of ground-based MAX-DOAS observations of HONO and NO2 in the Beijing area

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 765-781

  Hendrick, F ^a   Clemer K ^a,e   Wang, P ^b   De Maziere M ^a   Fayt, C ^a   Gielen, C ^a   Hermans, C ^a   Ma, J Z ^c   Pinardi, G ^a   Stavrakou, T ^a   Vlemmix, T ^a,d   Van Roozendael, M ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MEGACITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOTOLYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84892994900     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-765-2014     Document Type: Article

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