Methyl bromide and methyl chloride fluxes from temperate forest litter

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1543-1547

  Blei, Emanuel ^a   Heal, Mathew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest; Leaf litter; Methyl halides; Temperate

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FORESTS; DRY MASS; FOREST; LEAF LITTER; MASS RATIO; METHYL BROMIDE; METHYL CHLORIDES; METHYL HALIDES; NEEDLE LITTER; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SCOTLAND; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPERATE; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TEMPERATE FORESTS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

FORESTRY;

METHYL BROMIDE; METHYL CHLORIDE;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST SOIL; LEAF LITTER; METHYL BROMIDE; METHYL CHLORIDE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; LEAF LITTER; NEEDLE LITTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TURNOVER TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTIMATES; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; HALIDES; HARDWOODS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79851512838     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.044     Document Type: Article

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