The effect of stratospheric sulfur from Mount Pinatubo on tropospheric oxidizing capacity and methane

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1202-1220

  Bândă, Narcisa ^a,b   Krol, Maarten ^a,c,d   van Noije, Twan ^b   van Weele, Michiel ^b   Williams, Jason E ^b   Le Sager, Philippe ^b   Niemeier, Ulrike ^e   Thomason, Larry ^f   Röckmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; LUZON; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; ZAMBALES;

EID: 84923695583     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022137     Document Type: Article

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