Reconstruction of Northern Hemisphere 1950–2010 atmospheric non-methane hydrocarbons

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1463-1483

  Helmig, D ^a   Petrenko, V ^a,b   Martinerie, P ^c   Witrant, E ^c   Rockmann T ^d   Zuiderweg, A ^d   Holzinger, R ^d   Hueber, J ^a   Thompson, C ^a   White, J W C ^a   Sturges, W ^e   Baker, A ^f   Blunier, T ^g   Etheridge, D ^h   Rubino, M ^h   Tans, P ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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

ⁱ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GAS TRANSPORT; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRACE GAS;

EID: 84893831088     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1463-2014     Document Type: Article

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