Reply to Wallington et al.: Differences in electronic structure of global warming molecules lead to different molecular properties

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 48, 2010, Pages

  Bera, Partha P ^a   Francisco, Joseph S ^b   Lee, Timothy J ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFRARED RADIATION; LETTER; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 78650557304     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008576107     Document Type: Letter

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