The tropical forest and fire emissions experiment: Emission, chemistry, and transport of biogenic volatile organic compounds in the lower atmosphere over Amazonia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Karl, Thomas ^a   Guenther, Alex ^a   Yokelson, Robert J ^b   Greenberg, Jim ^a   Potosnak, Mark ^c   Blake, Donald R ^d   Artaxo, Paulo ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLOUDS; DUST; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOPRENE; MIXING RATIO; MONOTERPENE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MANAUS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249997901     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008539     Document Type: Article

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