Ozone and NOx chemistry in the eastern US: Evaluation of CMAQ/CB05 with satellite (OMI) data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10965-10982

  Canty, T P ^a   Hembeck, L ^a   Vinciguerra, T P ^a   Anderson, D C ^a   Goldberg, D L ^a   Carpenter, S F ^a   Allen, D J ^a   Loughner, C P ^b,c   Salawitch, R J ^a,b   Dickerson, R R ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942798867     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-10965-2015     Document Type: Article

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