Perturbation to global tropospheric oxidizing capacity due to latitudinal redistribution of surface sources of NO(x), CH4 and CO

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3931-3934

  Gupta, Mohan L ^a,c   Cicerone, Ralph J ^a   Elliott, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TROPOSPHERE;

GLOBAL PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TROPOSPHERIC OXIDIZING CAPACITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032215983     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900099     Document Type: Article

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