Phosphine gas in the upper troposphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2429-2433

  Glindemann, Dietmar ^a,b   Edwards, Marc ^a   Kuschk, Peter ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

7803 51 2; Atmosphere; Gas chromatography; Phosphate; Phosphorus cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC LINKS;

TROPOSPHERE;

PHOSPHINE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR; AIR ANALYSIS; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GAS; NIGHT; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SUNLIGHT; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038401230     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00202-4     Document Type: Article

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