Tetrachloroethylene as an indicator of low Cl atom concentrations in the troposphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1529-1532

  Singh, H B ^a   Thakur, A N ^a   Chen, Y E ^a   Kanakidou, M ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS; TROPOSPHERE; ATOMS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FREE RADICALS; REACTION RATES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CHLORINE;

CHLORINE ATOM; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; CL-CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH REACTIVITY; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; OH RADICAL; OXIDIZING CAPACITY; TETRACHLOROETHYLENES; UPPER LIMITS;

EID: 0030158718     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01368     Document Type: Article

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