Assessment of upper tropospheric HOx sources over the tropical Pacific based on NASA GTE/PEM data: Net effect on HOx and other photochemical parameters

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D13, 1999, Pages 16255-16273

  Crawford, J ^a   Davis, D ^b   Olson, J ^a   Chen, G ^b   Liu, S ^b   Gregory, G ^a   Barrick, J ^a   Sachse, G ^a   Sandholm, S ^b   Heikes, B ^c   Singh, H ^d   Blake, D ^e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032761943     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900106     Document Type: Article

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