Ventilation of liquefied petroleum gas components from the valley of Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 21197-21207

  Elliott, Scott ^a   Blake, Donald R ^b   Rowland, F Sherwood ^b   Lu, Rong ^c   Brown, Michael J ^a   Williams, Michael D ^a   Russell, Armistead G ^d   Bossert, James E ^a   Streit, Gerald E ^a   Santoyo, Marisa Ruiz ^e   Guzman, Francisco ^e   Porch, William M ^a   McNair, Laurie A ^d   Keyantash, John ^c   Kao, Chih Yue Jim ^a   Turco, Richard P ^c   Eichinger, William E ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUTANE; GREENHOUSE GAS; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; PROPANE; TROPOSPHERE; VENTILATION;

MEXICO, VALLEY OF MEXICO;

EID: 0031422172     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01520     Document Type: Article

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