Aircraft observations of the lower troposphere above a megacity: Alkyl nitrate and ozone chemistry

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 479-488

  Aruffo, Eleonora ^a   Di Carlo, Piero ^a   Dari Salisburgo, Cesare ^a   Biancofiore, Fabio ^a   Giammaria, Franco ^a   Busilacchio, Marcella ^a   Lee, James ^b   Moller, Sarah ^b   Hopkins, James ^b   Punjabi, Shalini ^b   Bauguitte, Stéphane ^c   O'Sullivan, Debbie ^d   Percival, Carl ^e   Le Breton, Michael ^e   Muller, Jennifer ^e   Jones, Rod ^f   Forster, Grant ^g   Reeves, Claire ^g   Heard, Dwayne ^h   Walker, Hannah ^h   Ingham, Trevor ^h   Vaughan, Stewart ^h   Stone, Daniel ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Alkyl nitrates production; London; Ozone production; Tropospheric chemistry; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NITRATES; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARAFFINS; TITRATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ALKYL NITRATES; LONDON; OZONE PRODUCTION; TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; URBAN POLLUTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; ALKYL NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; PEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN COMPOUND; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TITRIMETRY; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84901684954     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.040     Document Type: Article

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