Vertical distributions of non-methane hydrocarbons and halocarbons in the lower troposphere over northeast China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 36, 2011, Pages 6501-6509

  Xue, Likun ^a   Wang, Tao ^a,b,c   Simpson, Isobel J ^d   Ding, Aijun ^e   Gao, Jian ^c   Blake, Donald R ^d   Wang, Xuezhong ^c   Wang, Wenxing ^a,c   Lei, Hengchi ^f   Jin, Dezhen ^g  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^g Jilin Provincial Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Aircraft study; Halocarbon; NE China; Non methane hydrocarbon; Regional plume; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; HALOCARBONS; METHANE; MIXING; POLYOLS;

HALOCARBON; NE CHINA; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; REGIONAL PLUME; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HALOCARBON; HYDROCARBON; METHYL CHLORIDE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MASS; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HALOCARBON; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA; KOREA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 80053105857     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.08.072     Document Type: Article

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