Vertical transport rates and concentrations of OH and Cl radicals in the tropical tropopause layer from observations of CO2 and halocarbons: Implications for distributions of long-and short-lived chemical species

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6669-6684

  Park, S ^a   Atlas, E L ^b   Jimenez R ^a   Daube, B C ^a   Gottlieb, E W ^a   Nan, J ^a   Jones, D B A ^c   Pfister, L ^d   Conway, T J ^e   Bui, T P ^d   Gao, R S ^e   Wofsy, S C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; HALOCARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 77954880840     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-6669-2010     Document Type: Article

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