Origin of springtime ozone enhancements in the lower troposphere over Beijing: In situ measurements and model analysis

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5161-5179

  Huang, J ^a,p   Liu, H ^a   Crawford, J H ^b   Chan, C ^c   Considine, D B ^c,d   Zhang, Y ^e   Zheng, X ^f   Zhao, C ^g   Thouret, V ^h   Oltmans, S J ^i,j   Liu, S C ^k   Jones, D B A ^l   Steenrod, S D ^m,n   Damon, M R ^n,o  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^f STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

ⁿ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^o SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODELING; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPRING (SEASON); TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84929206630     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5161-2015     Document Type: Article

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