Distribution and seasonality of selected hydrocarbons and halocarbons over the western Pacific basin during PEM-West A and PEM-West B

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 28315-28331

  Blake, Nicola J ^a   Blake, Donald R ^a   Chen, Tai Yih ^a   Collins Jr , James E ^b   Sachse, Glen W ^c   Anderson, Bruce E ^c   Rowland, F Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0343950307     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd02538     Document Type: Article

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