Global and regional impacts of HONO on the chemical composition of clouds and aerosols

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1167-1184

  Elshorbany, Y F ^a   Crutzen, P J ^a   Steil, B ^a   Pozzer, A ^a   Tost, H ^b   Lelieveld, J ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; SULFATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893438089     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1167-2014     Document Type: Article

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