Enhanced sulfate formation by nitrogen dioxide: Implications from in-situ observations at the SORPES station

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 12,679-12,694

  Xie, Yuning ^a   Ding, Aijun ^a   Nie, Wei ^a   Mao, Huiting ^a,b   Qi, Ximeng ^a   Huang, Xin ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Kerminen, Veli Matti ^c   Petäjä, Tuukka ^c   Chi, Xuguang ^a   Virkkula, Aki ^a,c   Boy, Michael ^a,c   Xue, Likun ^d   Guo, Jia ^d   Sun, Jianning ^a   Yang, Xiuqun ^a   Kulmala, Markku ^c   Fu, Congbin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SULFATE;

CHINA;

EID: 84957433793     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023607     Document Type: Article

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