The first UK measurements of nitryl chloride using a chemical ionization mass spectrometer in central London in the summer of 2012, and an investigation of the role of Cl atom oxidation

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 5638-5657

  Bannan, Thomas J ^a   Murray Booth, A ^a   Bacak, Asan ^a   Muller, Jennifer B A ^a   Leather, Kimberley E ^a   Le Breton, Michael ^a   Jones, Benjamin ^a   Young, Dominique ^a   Coe, Hugh ^a   Allan, James ^a   Visser, Suzanne ^b   Slowik, Jay G ^b   Furger, Markus ^b   Prévôt, André S H ^b   Lee, James ^c   Dunmore, Rachel E ^c   Hopkins, James R ^c   Hamilton, Jacqueline F ^c   Lewis, Alastair C ^c   Whalley, Lisa K ^d   Sharp, Thomas ^d   Stone, Daniel ^d   Heard, Dwayne E ^d   Fleming, Zoë L ^e   Leigh, Roland ^e   Shallcross, Dudley E ^f   Percival, Carl J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN COMPOUND; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84933059491     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022629     Document Type: Article

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