Drivers of diel and regional variations of halocarbon emissions from the tropical North East Atlantic

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1255-1275

  Hepach, H ^a   Quack, B ^a   Ziska, F ^a   Fuhlbrugge S ^a   Atlas, E L ^b   Kruger K ^a,e   Peeken, I ^c,d   Wallace, D W R ^a,f  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIEL VARIATION; HALOCARBON; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84893470136     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1255-2014     Document Type: Article

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