Long-term variation of atmospheric methyl iodide and its link to global environmental change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Yokouchi, Yoko ^a   Nojiri, Yukihiro ^a   Toom Sauntry, Desiree ^b   Fraser, Paul ^c   Inuzuka, Yoko ^a   Tanimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Nara, Hideki ^a   Murakami, Ryuichi ^d   Mukai, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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

^d NAGANO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; IODINE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDBACK EFFECTS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; METHYL IODIDE; NATURAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; REMOTE SITES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TRACE GAS EMISSIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRACE GAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84870942314     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053695     Document Type: Article

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