Biomass burning in Siberia as a source of BrO to the Arctic free troposphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 416-423

  Pommier, M ^a   McLinden, C A ^a   Neuman, J A ^b,c   Nowak, J B ^b,c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artic; Biomass burning; BrO plume; Free troposphere; O 3 depletion

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARTIC; BIOMASS-BURNING; BRO PLUME; BROMINE MONOXIDE; CLOUD PROCESS; FOREST FIRES; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; SECONDARY PRODUCT; SIBERIA;

ACETONITRILE; BROMINE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; OZONE; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; TROPOSPHERE;

FREE FLIGHT;

ACETONITRILE; BROMINE; BROMINE MONOCHLORIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORIDE; OZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CYANIDE; FOREST FIRE; MARINE POLLUTION; OXIDE; OZONE DEPLETION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIATION BALANCE; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; MEASUREMENT; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEA ICE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ACETONITRILE; AIR CRAFT; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; BROMINE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; PLUMES;

ARCTIC OCEAN; SIBERIA;

EID: 84866511886     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.08.070     Document Type: Article

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