Interactive comment on “Formation of Reactive Nitrogen Oxides from Urban Grime
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It is believed that the deposition of NOy (mainly HNO3, even if N2O5 is also discussed here) is a sink process for NOx, however this study challenges this point of view and demonstrates, for the time, that photochemistry of photochemistry of urban grime is as a potential source of gaseous nitrous acid (HONO). This has been suggested before but never demonstrated. This study therefore a nice piece of work, which illustrates/suggests how this may feedback into air quality issues in urban environments.
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