Acetone in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: Impact on trace gases and aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3017-3020

  Arnold, F ^a   Burger V ^a   Droste Fanke, B ^a   Grimm, F ^a   Krieger, A ^a   Schneider, J ^a   Stilp, T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DISSOCIATION; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; GASES;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GASES; ION MOLECULE REACTION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ACETONE;

AIR MASS; ION-MOLECULE REACTION; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PARTS PER TRILLION; TRACE-GASES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VOLUME MIXING RATIOS;

EID: 0031381801     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02974     Document Type: Article

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