Are methyl halides produced on all ice surfaces? Observations from snow-laden field sites

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5162-5177

  Swanson, Aaron L ^a,b   Blake, Nicola J ^a   Blake, Donald R ^a   Sherwood Rowland, F ^a   Dibb, Jack E ^c   Lefer, Barry L ^d   Atlas, Elliot ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Methyl bromide; Methyl iodide; Organohalides; Snow chemistry; Snow composition

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC RADIATION; ALKYL HALIDES; FIRN AIR; METHYL HALIDES; MID LATITUDE REGIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA RECORDING; ICE; NUCLEOPHILES; RADIATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALCOHOL; HALIDE; SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; FIRN; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; METHYL BROMIDE; METHYL CHLORIDE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANOHALOGEN; POLAR REGION; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GREENLAND; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; COLORADO; EAST ANTARCTICA; FRONT RANGE; GREENLAND; MICHIGAN; NIWOT RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SOUTH POLE; SUMMIT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447339147     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.11.064     Document Type: Article

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