Opposite OH reactivity and ozone cycles in the Amazon rainforest and megacity Beijing: Subversion of biospheric oxidant control by anthropogenic emissions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 112-118

  Williams, Jonathan ^a   Keßel, Stephan U ^a   Nölscher, Anke C ^a   Yang, Yudong ^b   Lee, Yue ^b   Yáñez Serrano, Ana Maria ^a,c   Wolff, Stefan ^a   Kesselmeier, Jürgen ^a   Klüpfel, Thomas ^a   Lelieveld, Jos ^a   Shao, Min ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Beijing; Megacity; OH reactivity; Ozone; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOSPHERICS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FREE RADICALS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDANTS; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AMAZON; BEIJING; MEGACITIES; OH REACTIVITY; RAINFOREST;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOPRENE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; BRAZIL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; CITY; COMPARATIVE REACTIVITY METHOD; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSFER REACTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

EID: 84946866499     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.11.007     Document Type: Article

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