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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15901-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15901-2021
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26 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 26 Oct 2021

Exploring the sensitivity of atmospheric nitrate concentrations to nitric acid uptake rate using the Met Office's Unified Model

Anthony C. Jones, Adrian Hill, Samuel Remy, N. Luke Abraham, Mohit Dalvi, Catherine Hardacre, Alan J. Hewitt, Ben Johnson, Jane P. Mulcahy, and Steven T. Turnock

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Ammonium nitrate is hard to model because it forms and evaporates rapidly. One approach is to...
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