Atmospheric deposition of methanol over the Atlantic Ocean

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 20034-20039

  Yang, Mingxi ^a   Nightingale, Philip D ^a   Beale, Rachael ^a   Liss, Peter S ^b,c   Blomquist, Byron ^d   Fairall, Christopher ^e  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea exchange; Eddy covariance; Environmental chemistry; Marine micrometeorology; Trace gas cycling

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; HEAT EXCHANGE; LIFESPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84890281472     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317840110     Document Type: Article

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