Comparisons of box model calculations and measurements of formaldehyde from the 1997 North Atlantic Regional Experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2002, Pages

  Frost, G J ^a,b   Fried, A ^c   Lee, Y N ^d   Wert, B ^b,c   Henry, B ^c   Drummond, J R ^e   Evans, M J ^f,g   Fehsenfeld, F C ^a   Goldan, P D ^a   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Hubler G ^a,b   Jakoubek, R ^a   Jobson, B T ^a,b,h   Knapp, K ^a,b,i   Kuster, W C ^a   Roberts, J ^a   Rudolph, J ^j   Ryerson, T B ^a   Stohl, A ^k   Stroud, C ^a,b,c   Sueper, D T ^a,b   Trainer, M ^a   Williams, J ^a,b,l   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Aircraft measurements; Formaldehyde; North atlantic troposphere; Photochemical modeling

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; FORMALDEHYDE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDATION;

FORMALDEHYDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 32044438886     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000896     Document Type: Article

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