Nitrogen Incorporation in CH4-N2 Photochemical Aerosol Produced by Far UV Irradiation
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a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 699, Greenbelt, MD 20771 5 b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 216, Boulder, CO 80309 c Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 d Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 392, Boulder, CO 80309 10
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تاریخ انتشار 2012