Reactive nitrogen partitioning and its relationship to winter ozone events in Utah

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 573-583

  Wild, R J ^a,b   Edwards, P M ^a,b,i   Bates, T S ^c,d   Cohen, R C ^e   De Gouw, J A ^a,b   Dube W P ^a,b   Gilman, J B ^a,b   Holloway, J ^a,b   Kercher, J ^f   Koss, A R ^a,b   Lee, L ^e   Lerner, B M ^a,b   McLaren, R ^g   Quinn, P K ^c   Roberts, J M ^b   Stutz, J ^h   Thornton, J A ^d   Veres, P R ^a,b   Warneke, C ^a,b   Williams, E ^b   Young, C J ^a,b,j   Yuan, B ^a,b   Zarzana, K J ^a,b   Brown, S S ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^g YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^j MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTITIONING; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

UINTAH BASIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84957310359     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-573-2016     Document Type: Article

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