Ethane, ethyne and carbon monoxide concentrations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere from ACE and GEOS-Chem: A comparison study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 9927-9941

  Gonzalez Abad G ^a   Allen, N D C ^a   Bernath, P F ^a   Boone, C D ^b   McLeod, S D ^b   Manney, G L ^c,d   Toon, G C ^c   Carouge, C ^e   Wang, Y ^f   Wu, S ^g   Barkley, M P ^h,i   Palmer, P I ⁱ   Xiao, Y ^j   Fu, T M ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^j ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^k PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHANE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 80053271645     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-9927-2011     Document Type: Article

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