Maximum efficiency in the hydroxyl-radical-based self-cleansing of the troposphere

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 559-563

  Rohrer, Franz ^a   Lu, Keding ^a,b   Hofzumahaus, Andreas ^a   Bohn, Birger ^a   Brauers, Theo ^a   Chang, Chih Chung ^c   Fuchs, Hendrik ^a   Häseler, Rolf ^a   Holland, Frank ^a   Hu, Min ^b   Kita, Kazuyuki ^d   Kondo, Yutaka ^e   Li, Xin ^a,b   Lou, Shengrong ^f   Oebel, Andreas ^a   Shao, Min ^b   Zeng, Limin ^b   Zhu, Tong ^b   Zhang, Yuanhang ^b   Wahner, Andreas ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84905238161     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2199     Document Type: Article

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