Photochemical histories of nonmethane hydrocarbons inferred from their stable carbon isotope ratio measurements over east Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Saito, Takuya ^a,b,c   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^a   Tsunogai, Urumu ^a   Chen, Tai Yih ^d,e   Matsueda, Hidekazu ^f   Nakatsuka, Takeshi ^a   Gamo, Toshitaka ^a,g   Uematsu, Mitsuo ^g   Huebert, Barry J ^h  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUTANE; ETHANE; LIGHTING; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; OPTICAL SENSORS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACE-ASIA; AEROSOL CHARACTERIZATION; AIR MASS; AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; EAST ASIA; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HIGH ALTITUDE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; N-BUTANE; N-PENTANE; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; REMOVAL PROCESS; SOURCE REGION; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ISOTOPES;

ACETYLENE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMBUSTION; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 68749092691     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011388     Document Type: Article

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