The potential effect of oceanic biological degradation on the lifetime of atmospheric CH3Br

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1227-1230

  Yvon Lewis, Shari A ^a,c   Butler, James H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC METHYL BROMIDE LIFETIME; DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; OCEANIC BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION EFFECT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; BIODEGRADATION; METHYL BROMIDE;

EID: 0031148142     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01090     Document Type: Article

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