Observations of nitryl chloride and modeling its source and effect on ozone in the planetary boundary layer of southern China

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2476-2489

  Wang, Tao ^a   Tham, Yee Jun ^a   Xue, Likun ^b   Li, Qinyi ^a   Zha, Qiaozhi ^a   Wang, Zhe ^a   Poon, Steven C N ^a   Dubé, William P ^c,d   Blake, Donald R ^e   Louie, Peter K K ^f   Luk, Connie W Y ^f   Tsui, Wilson ^g   Brown, Steven S ^c,d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

^g PTC International Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CLIMATE MODELING; DISPERSION; HAZE; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84960401768     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024556     Document Type: Article

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