Intercomparison of two box models of the chemical evolution in biomass-burning smoke plumes

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-297

  Mason, Sherri A ^a   Trentmann, Jörg ^b,e   Winterrath, Tanja ^c,f   Yokelson, Robert J ^d   Christian, Theodore J ^d   Carlson, Lisa J ^a   Warner, Thomas R ^a   Wolfe, Louise C ^a   Andreae, Meinrat O ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Computational modeling; Intercomparison; Tropospheric chemistry

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOMASS BURNING; BOREAL FOREST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MODEL TEST; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SAVANNA; SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXHAUST GAS; FIRE; FOREST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLUME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750597874     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-006-9039-5     Document Type: Article

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