International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 138091, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/138091
Review Article

Sunlight-Initiated Photochemistry: Excited Vibrational States of Atmospheric Chromophores

1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Campus Box 215, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
2Earth System Research Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA

Received 14 April 2008; Accepted 29 May 2008

Academic Editor: Mohamed Sabry Abdel-Mottaleb

Copyright © 2008 Veronica Vaida et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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