An mcm modeling study of nitryl chloride (ClNO2) impacts on oxidation, ozone production and nitrogen oxide partitioning in polluted continental outflow

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3789-3800

  Riedel, T P ^a,h   Wolfe, G M ^b,c   Danas, K T ^a   Gilman, J B ^d,e   Kuster, W C ^d,e   Bon, D M ^d,e   Vlasenko, A ^f   Williams, E J ^d,e   Lerner, B M ^d,e   Veres, P R ^d,e   Roberts, J M ^d   Holloway, J S ^d   Lefer, B ^g   Brown, S S ^d   Thornton, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g University of Houston   (United States)

^h University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; OZONE; PARTITIONING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84918531805     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-3789-2014     Document Type: Article

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