Methyl iodide: Atmospheric budget and use as a tracer of marine convection in global models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 17, 2002, Pages

  Bell, N ^a,b   Hsu, L ^a,c,h   Jacob, D J ^a   Schultz, M G ^a,d   Blake, D R ^e   Butler, J H ^f   King, D B ^f   Lobert, J M ^g   Maier Reimer, E ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Teledyne Advanced Pollution Instrumentation   (United States)

^h McCone Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric tracer; Global budget of methyl iodide; Marine convection; Methyliodide

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448969764     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001151     Document Type: Article

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