Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6641-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6641-2016
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02 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 02 Jun 2016

Summertime nitrate aerosol in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere over the Tibetan Plateau and the South Asian summer monsoon region

Yixuan Gu, Hong Liao, and Jianchun Bian

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This is the first study to examine nitrate aerosol in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and the South Asian summer monsoon (SASM) region in summer. Nitrate aerosol is simulated to be the most dominant aerosol species in the UTLS over the studied region. The mechanisms for the accumulation of nitrate in the UTLS over the TP/SASM region include vertical transport and the gas-to-aerosol conversion of nitric acid to form nitrate.
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