Observed OH and HO2 in the upper troposphere suggest a major source from convective injection of peroxides

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3181-3184

  Jaegle L ^a   Jacob, D J ^a   Wennberg, P O ^a,g   Spivakovsky, C M ^a   Hanisco, T F ^a,g   Lanzendorf, E J ^a,g   Hintsa, E J ^a,g   Fahey, D W ^b   Keim, E R ^b   Proffitt, M H ^b   Atlas, E L ^c   Flocke, F ^c   Schauffler, S ^c   McElroy, C T ^d   Midwinter, C ^d   Pfister, L ^e   Wilson, J C ^f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; NASA; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; ACETONE; HYDROXYLATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; WATER;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; LOCAL OBSERVATIONS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NO + CO; OZONE COLUMN; PEROXY RADICALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELLING; PRIMARY SOURCES; STEADY-STATE MODELS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ACETONE; TROPOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE INJECTION;

HYDROPEROXYL RADICAL; HYDROXYL; PEROXIDE; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODEL; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0031393920     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03004     Document Type: Article

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