CARIBIC DOAS observations of nitrous acid and formaldehyde in a large convective cloud

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 6621-6642

  Heue, K P ^a,b,d   Riede, H ^a   Walter, D ^a,b   Brenninkmeijer, C A M ^a   Wagner, T ^a   Friess U ^b   Platt, U ^b   Zahn, A ^c   Stratmann, G ^d   Ziereis, H ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FORMALDEHYDE; ISOPRENE; LIGHTNING; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; NITRITE; NITROGEN OXIDES; THUNDERSTORM; TRACER; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 84903716583     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-6621-2014     Document Type: Article

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