Evidence for variability of atmospheric hydroxyl radicals over the past quarter century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Prinn, R G ^a   Huang, J ^a   Weiss, R F ^b   Cunnold, D M ^c   Fraser, P J ^d   Simmonds, P G ^e   McCulloch, A ^e   Harth, C ^b   Reimann, S ^f   Salameh, P ^b   O'Doherty, S ^e   Wang, R H J ^c   Porter, L W ^g   Miller, B R ^b   Krummel, P B ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICALS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TRACE ANALYSIS; FREE RADICALS; OZONE LAYER;

HYDROXYL FREE RADICALS (OH); OH CONCENTRATION; OXIDIZING CHEMICALS; TRACE GASES;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; AIR POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EL NINO; HYDROXYL RADICAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WILDFIRE;

1 ,1 ,1-TRICHLOROETHANES; GLOBAL BEHAVIORS; HYDROXYL FREE RADICALS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; METHYL CHLOROFORM; OH CONCENTRATION; OXIDIZING CHEMICALS; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 21844472299     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022228     Document Type: Article

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