The primary and recycling sources of OH during the NACHTT-2011 campaign: HONO as an important OH primary source in the wintertime

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6886-6896

  Kim, Saewung ^a,b   Vandenboer, Trevor C ^c,d   Young, Cora J ^d,e,f   Riedel, Theran P ^g   Thornton, Joel A ^g   Swarthout, Bob ^h   Sive, Barkley ⁱ   Lerner, Brian ^e,f   Gilman, Jessicab ^e,f   Warneke, Carsten ^e,f   Roberts, James M ^e   Guenther, Alex ^a   Wagner, Nicholas L ^e,f   Dubé, William P ^e,f   Williams, Eric ^e   Brown, Steven S ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

ⁱ APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; RECYCLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; HONO; NACHTT; OH; ORGANIC PEROXY RADICALS; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON;

INORGANIC ACIDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SIMULATION; WINTER;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES; WELD COUNTY;

EID: 84903286879     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD019784     Document Type: Article

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