Climatology and atmospheric chemistry of the non-methane hydrocarbons ethane and propane over the north Atlantic

Elementa

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Helmig, Detlev ^a   Muñoz, Mauricio ^a   Hueber, Jacques ^a   Mazzoleni, Claudio ^b   Mazzoleni, Lynn ^b   Owen, Robert C ^b   Val Martin, Maria ^c   Fialho, Paulo ^d   Plass Duelmer, Christian ^e   Palmer, Paul I ^f   Lewis, Alastair C ^g   Pfister, Gabriele ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85020915763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000054     Document Type: Article

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