Nighttime chemistry at a high altitude site above Hong Kong

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2457-2475

  Brown, Steven S ^a,b   Dubé, William P ^a,b   Tham, Yee Jun ^c   Zha, Qiaozhi ^c   Xue, Likun ^c   Poon, Steven ^c   Wang, Zhe ^c   Blake, Donald R ^d   Tsui, Wilson ^e   Parrish, David D ^a,b   Wang, Tao ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PTC International Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOG; HYDROCARBON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; UNITED STATES; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84960363424     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024566     Document Type: Article

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