Methyl chloride and C2-C5 hydrocarbon emissions from dry leaf litter and their dependence on temperature

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3112-3119

  Derendorp, Leonie ^a   Holzinger, Rupert ^a   Wishkerman, Asher ^b   Keppler, Frank ^b   Röckmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C2 C5 hydrocarbons; Leaf litter; Methyl chloride

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS RELATIONS; C EMISSIONS; C2-C5 HYDROCARBONS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; EMISSION RATES; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; GLOBAL BUDGET; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROCARBON EMISSION; LEAF LITTER; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYL CHLORIDES; N-PENTANE; PLANT SPECIES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED; TIME-SCALES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PROPANE; PROPYLENE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ETHANE; ETHYLENE; METHYL CHLORIDE; PENTANE; PROPANE; PROPYLENE;

CARBON EMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LEAF LITTER; METHYL CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY; LEAF LITTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 79955041504     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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