An Atmospheric Constraint on the NO2 Dependence of Daytime Near-Surface Nitrous Acid (HONO)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 12774-12781

  Pusede, Sally E ^a,l   VandenBoer, Trevor C ^b,m   Murphy, Jennifer G ^b   Markovic, Milos Z ^b,n   Young, Cora J ^c,d,m   Veres, Patrick R ^c,d   Roberts, James M ^c   Washenfelder, Rebecca A ^c,d   Brown, Steven S ^c,d   Ren, Xinrong ^e   Tsai, Catalina ^f   Stutz, Jochen ^f   Brune, William H ^g   Browne, Eleanor C ^a,o   Wooldridge, Paul J ^a   Graham, Ashley R ^a,p   Weber, Robin ^h   Goldstein, Allen H ^h,i   Dusanter, Sebastien ^j,q   Griffith, Stephen M ^j,r   Stevens, Philip S ^j   Lefer, Barry L ^k   Cohen, Ronald C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^j INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k University of Houston   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^m MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

ⁿ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^o MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^q ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

^r HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDES;

FORMATION PATHWAYS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEAR SURFACES; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; NITROUS ACID; TIME-SCALES;

INORGANIC ACIDS;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTON TRANSPORT; CALIFORNIA; CHEMISTRY; CITY; FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME FACTOR;

UNITED STATES;

ATMOSPHERE; CALIFORNIA; CITIES; FLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS ACID; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84946601232     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02511     Document Type: Article

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