Observations of OH and HO2 radicals in coastal Antarctica
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Observations of OH and HO2 radicals in coastal Antarctica W. J. Bloss, J. D. Lee, D. E. Heard, R. A. Salmon, S. J.-B. Bauguitte, H. K. Roscoe, and A. E. Jones School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK now at: School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK now at: Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK Received: 18 January 2007 – Accepted: 14 February 2007 – Published: 23 February 2007 Correspondence to: W. Bloss ([email protected])
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