Time scales in atmospheric chemistry: Theory, GWPs for CH4 and CO, and runaway growth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2597-2600

  Prather, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; OXIDIZING CAPACITY; STEADY-STATE DISTRIBUTIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030245938     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02371     Document Type: Article

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