Abundances and variability of tropospheric volatile organic compounds at the South Pole and other Antarctic locations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 4565-4574

  Beyersdorf, Andreas J ^a   Blake, Donald R ^b   Swanson, Aaron ^c   Meinardi, Simone ^b   Rowland, F S ^b   Davis, Douglas ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne measurements; Alkyl nitrate production; Antarctic troposphere; ANTCI; Mount Erebus; VOC seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; ALKYL NITRATES; ANTARCTIC TROPOSPHERE; ANTCI; MOUNT EREBUS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

ALKYLATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYLATION; DIAMONDS; MOUNTINGS; NITRATES; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; POLES; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MIXING;

ALKANE; ALKYL GROUP; BROMOFORM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; HALIDE; HYDROCARBON; METHYL IODIDE; NITRATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL COMPOUND; COASTAL ZONE; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO; NITRATE (ESTER); PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; HALOGENATION; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SPRING; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANO; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 77957016568     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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