Potential sources of nitrous acid (HONO) and their impacts on ozone: A WRF-Chem study in a polluted subtropical region

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3645-3662

  Zhang, Li ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^b   Zheng, Junyu ^c   Xu, Zheng ^d   Lv, Mengyao ^e  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INORGANIC ACID; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84963930654     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024468     Document Type: Article

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