Nitric oxide emissions from a southern African savanna

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D15, 1999, Pages 18471-18485

  Otter, Luanne B ^a,b   Yang, WenXing X ^c,d   Scholes, Mary C ^a   Meixner, Franz X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; SAVANNA; SOIL EMISSION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033587906     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900148     Document Type: Article

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