Modeled aerosol nitrate formation pathways during wintertime in the great lakes region of North America

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12,420-12,445

  Kim, Yoo Jung ^a   Spak, Scott N ^a,b   Carmichael, Gregory R ^a,c   Riemer, Nicole ^d   Stanier, Charles O ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IA United States   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPISODIC EVENT; NITRATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TIMESCALE; WINTER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84913554186     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022320     Document Type: Article

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