Large-scale latitudinal and vertical distributions of NMHCs and selected halocarbons in the troposphere over the Pacific Ocean during the March-April 1999 Pacific Exploratory Mission (PEM-Tropics B)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D23, 2001, Pages 32627-32644

  Blake, Nicola J ^a   Blake, Donald R ^a   Simpson, Isobel J ^a   Lopez, Jimena P ^a   Johnston, Nancy A C ^a   Swanson, Aaron L ^a   Katzenstein, Aaron S ^a   Meinardi, Simone ^a   Sive, Barkley C ^a,b   Colman, Jonah J ^a   Atlas, Elliot ^c   Flocke, Frank ^c   Vay, Stephanie A ^d   Avery, Melody A ^d   Rowland, F Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOCARBON; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035568955     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900773     Document Type: Article

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