Modeling the photochemical origins of the extreme deuterium enrichment in stratospheric H2

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Mar, Kathleen A ^a   McCarthy, Michael C ^b   Connell, Peter ^c   Boering, Kristie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DEUTERIUM; FRACTIONATION; PHOTOLYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DEUTERIUM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; KINETICS; METHANE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 36849046342     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007403     Document Type: Article

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