C2-C8 NMHCs over the Eastern Mediterranean: Seasonal variation and impact on regional oxidation chemistry

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 5611-5621

  Liakakou, E ^a   Bonsang, B ^b   Williams, J ^c   Kalivitis, N ^a   Kanakidou, M ^a   Mihalopoulos, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diel variability; Mediterranean; NMHCs; Oxidation capacity; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

DIEL VARIABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN; NMHCS; OXIDATION CAPACITY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

FREE RADICALS;

HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DIEL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; OXIDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; OXIDATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINOKALIA; GREECE; LASITHI; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449405006     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.067     Document Type: Article

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