Articles | Volume 13, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9057-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9057-2013
Research article
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10 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 10 Sep 2013

Key chemical NOx sink uncertainties and how they influence top-down emissions of nitrogen oxides

T. Stavrakou, J.-F. Müller, K. F. Boersma, R. J. van der A, J. Kurokawa, T. Ohara, and Q. Zhang

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