A strong source of methyl chloride to the atmosphere from tropical coastal land

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6767, 2000, Pages 295-298

  Yokouchi, Y ^a   Noijiri, Y ^a   Barrie, L A ^b   Toom Sauntry, D ^b   Machlda, T ^a   Inuzuka, Y ^a   Akomoto, H ^c   Li, H J ^a,c   Fujinuma, Y ^a   Aokl, S ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL CHLORIDE; SEA WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; HALOCARBON; PROVENANCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOMASS; FIRE; FOREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INDONESIA; JAPAN; METHYL CHLORIDE; PLANTS; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0034688303     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35002049     Document Type: Article

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