Volatile organic compounds composition of merged and aged forest fire plumes from Alaska and western Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  de Gouw, Joost A ^a,b   Warneke, C ^a,b   Stohl, A ^a,b,c   Wollny, A G ^a,b   Brock, C A ^a,b   Cooper, O R ^a,b   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Trainer, M ^a   Fehsenfeld, F C ^a   Atlas, E L ^d   Donnelly, S G ^e   Stroud, V ^f   Lueb, A ^f  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; BIOMASS; FIRES; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMAL PLUMES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOREST FIRE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALASKA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745903879     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006175     Document Type: Article

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