Nocturnal loss of NOx during the 2010 CalNex-LA study in the Los Angeles Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 13,004-13,025

  Tsai, Catalina ^a   Wong, Clare ^a   Hurlock, Steve ^a   Pikelnaya, Olga ^a   Mielke, Levi H ^b,c   Osthoff, Hans D ^b   Flynn, James H ^d   Haman, Christine ^d   Lefer, Barry ^d   Gilman, Jessica ^e   De Gouw, Joost ^e   Stutz, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CalNex; nocturnal air pollution; nocturnal NOx chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL MIXING;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918506797     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022171     Document Type: Article

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