Field measurements of dimethyl sulphide and its oxidation products in the atmosphere

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1350, 1997, Pages 183-189

  Nicholas Hewitt, C ^a   Davison, Brian ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DIMETHYLSULPHIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OXIDATION; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; SULPHUR;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0030855409     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0013     Document Type: Article

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