Development of a chlorine chemistry module for the Master Chemical Mechanism

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3151-3162

  Xue, L K ^a   Saunders, S M ^b   Wang, T ^a,c   Gao, R ^a   Wang, X F ^a   Zhang, Q Z ^a   Wang, W X ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLORINE; COASTAL ZONE; HALOGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84943806404     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-3151-2015     Document Type: Article

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