Green plants: A terrestrial sink for atmospheric CH3Br

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-46

  Jeffers, Peter M ^a   Lee Wolfe, N ^b   Nzengung, Valentine ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROCARBONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOVAL;

GREEN PLANTS; METHYL BROMIDE; TERRESTRIAL SINK;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

METHYL BROMIDE; OZONE DESTRUCTION; TERRESTRIAL SINK; VEGETATION;

EID: 0031861281     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03476     Document Type: Article

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