Tropospheric hydroxyl and atomic chlorine concentrations, and mixing timescales determined from hydrocarbon and halocarbon measurements made over the Southern Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D17, 1999, Pages 21819-21828

  Wingenter, Oliver W ^a,c   Blake, Donald R ^a   Blake, Nicola J ^a   Sive, Barkley C ^a,d   Rowland, F Sherwood ^a   Atlas, Elliot ^b   Flocke, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACE 1; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHLORINE; HALOCARBON; HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING; TROPOSPHERE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0000761178     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900203     Document Type: Article

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