Ozone production efficiencies of acetone and peroxides in the upper troposphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1305-1308

  Folkins, Ian ^a   Chatfield, R ^b   Singh, H ^b   Chen, Y ^b   Heikes, B ^c,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

METHYL HYDROPEROXIDE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ACETONE; OZONE; PEROXIDE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032076366     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01030     Document Type: Article

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