Changes in CH4 and CO growth rates after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo and their link with changes in tropical tropospheric UV flux

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2761-2764

  Dlugokencky, E J ^a   Dutton, E G ^a   Novelli, P C ^a   Tans, P P ^a   Masarie, K A ^a   Lantz, K O ^b   Madronich, S ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CALCULATIONS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACTINIC FLUX; MOUNT PINATUBO; SULFATE AEROSOLS; TRACE GAS MEASUREMENTS; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERIC ULTRAVIOLET FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GROWTH RATE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; METHANE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE; SULPHATE; TRACE GAS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERIC; ULTRAVIOLET; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

DIRECT ABSORPTION; DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; SULFATE AEROSOLS; TRACE GAS MEASUREMENT; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

EID: 0030260757     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02638     Document Type: Article

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