Nonmethane hydrocarbons at Pico Mountain, Azores: 2. Event-specific analyses of the impacts of mixing and photochemistry on hydrocarbon ratios

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Honrath, R E ^a   Helmig, Detlev ^b   Owen, R C ^a   Parrish, D D ^c   Tanner, D M ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUTANE; ETHANE; HYDROCARBONS; PROPANE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149239862     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009832     Document Type: Article

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