Observations of PAN and its confinement in the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone in high spatial resolution

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 8389-8403

  Ungermann, Jörn ^a   Ern, Mandfred ^a   Kaufmann, Martin ^a   Müller, Rolf ^a   Spang, Reinhold ^a   Ploeger, Felix ^a   Vogel, Bärbel ^a   Riese, Martin ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MIXING RATIO; MONSOON; PEROXYACETYL NITRATE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUMMER; TRACE GAS;

EID: 84978513531     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-8389-2016     Document Type: Article

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