Implications of variations in photodissociation rates for global tropospheric chemistry

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1257-1273

  Krol, Maarten C ^a   Van Weele, Michiel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actinic flux; Clouds; Lifetime; Ozone depletion

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CLOUD; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTODISSOCIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUDS; DISSOCIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS; TROPOSPHERE;

DAILY INTEGRATED PHOTODISSOCIATION RATES (DIPR); GLOBAL TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031128643     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00323-8     Document Type: Article

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