Global chemical model analysis of biomass burning and lightning influences over the South Pacific in austral spring

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Staudt, Amanda C ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Logan, Jennifer A ^a   Bachiochi, David ^b   Krishnamurti, T N ^b   Poisson, Nathalie ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Greenhouse; Lightning; PEM tropics; Pollution; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448930189     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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