A study of the vertical scale of halogen chemistry in the Arctic troposphere during Polar Sunrise at Barrow, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Tackett, Philip J ^a   Cavender, Aubrey E ^a   Keil, Adam D ^a   Shepson, Paul B ^a,b,c   Bottenheim, Jan W ^d   Morin, Samuel ^e,f   Deary, John ^d   Steffen, Alexandra ^d   Doerge, Chris ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HALOGEN ELEMENTS; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HALOGEN; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250337356     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007785     Document Type: Article

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