Trends in peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere over southern Asia during the summer monsoon season: Regional impacts

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 12725-12743

  Fadnavis, S ^a   Schultz, M G ^b   Semeniuk, K ^c   Mahajan, A S ^a   Pozzoli, L ^d   Sonbawne, S ^a   Ghude, S D ^a   Kiefer, M ^e   Eckert, E ^e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MIPAS; MIXING RATIO; MONSOON; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCIAMACHY; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 84915745598     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-12725-2014     Document Type: Article

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