Air-sea fluxes of oxygenated volatile organic compounds across the Atlantic Ocean

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7499-7517

  Yang, M ^a   Beale, R ^a   Liss, P ^b,c   Johnson, M ^b,d   Blomquist, B ^e   Nightingale, P ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EDDY COVARIANCE; METHANOL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84904864038     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-7499-2014     Document Type: Article

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