The global atmospheric budget of ethanol revisited

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 545-555

  Kirstine, W V ^a,b   Galbally, I E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; ETHANOL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION; PLANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WET DEPOSITION;

EID: 84855913111     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-545-2012     Document Type: Article

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