Bromoform in tropical Atlantic air from 25°N to 25°S

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Carpenter, Lucy J ^a   Wevill, David J ^a   Hopkins, James R ^a   Dunk, Rachel M ^a   Jones, Charlotte E ^a   Hornsby, Karen E ^a   McQuaid, James B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMBUSTION; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC MIXING RATIO; SURFACE STRATIFICATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; BROMINE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MIXING RATIO; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 34547972641     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029893     Document Type: Article

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