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Pages 189-194

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From page 189...
... ~ Agricultural biomes, source investigations, 24 Air masses, remote sensor technology, 176 Air pollution, 113 measurement from satellites, 176-77 Air quality models, 96 Air-sea exchange, trace gases, 42 Airborne matter, time-series data sets, 73 Aircraft platforms, 47, 145-46 summary, 163-66 (table) use, 141 use in biomass investigations, 23 Aldehydes, 157 (table)
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From page 190...
... Dewfall, 90 Differential absorption lidar, 179 Dimethylsulfide estimated flux, 24, 66 photooxidation, 120 sources and distribution, 119 Dimethylsulfoxide, ocean production, 66 Dispersion models, 96 Distribution critical processes, 55-93 three-dimensional, 99 DMS, see Dimethylsulfide DMSO, see Dimethylsulfoxide Dry deposition, 16, 90-93 of aerosol particles, 15- 16 definition, 38, 88 measuring, 92 rates, 91 resistance models, 91 Dry Removal Experiment Program, 39, 42-44 Dry removal processes, 88-93 Dry tropical areas, 62 gas source, 63 Element cycle matrices, 183-88 Environmental Protection Agency, current research, 176 Estuary ecosystems, 23, 63 Ethane, 156 (table) emissions, 66 Ethanol, fermentation, 58 Ethylene, 156 (table)
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From page 191...
... production, 57 production changes, 4 from rice paddies, 24, 65-66 secondary sources, 25 sources, 21, 22 Methane fluxes, in rice paddies, 24 Methyl chloride, source, 130 Mineral aerosol particles, measurements, 31, 73 Mixing, in planetary boundary layer, 13
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From page 192...
... Photochemical field experiment, critical measurements, 33-35 Photochemical modeling, 38 Photochemical sources and sinks, 82 Photochemical theory hydroxyl radical, 34 testing, 4 Photochemical transformations, 33-38 Photochemical Transformations Study objectives, 33 sampling strategy, 35 Photochemistry modeling, 33, 95 theory validation, 33 Photodissociation processes, 38 Planetary boundary layer, 13 Platform requirements, 47-48 Platform survey, 144-67 POC, see Particulate organic carbon Point sources, as biological source, 64-65 Pollution nonindustrial, 64 ozone production, 109 Pollution chemistry, 69
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From page 193...
... Seawater, reduced sulfur compounds, 24, 66 Selenium distribution, 134 Sensor systems, recommendations, 180 193 Ships, 47-48 Ships ofopportunity, 146 Short-lived species network, 30 vertical distribution data, 31 Silicate rocks, dissolution, 125 Smog from biomass burning, 64 reactions, 109 Soilers) , as carbonyl sulfide source, 118 Soil aerosols, 46 sources, 137 as tracers, 29 Soil microorganisms, modeling, 97 Solar occultation measurements, 177 Solar radiation, observations, 178 South Pole, carbon dioxide variations, 75 Spaceborne remote sensors, 48, 145, 175-176 Stratospheric sources, 12 Streams, as ecosystem, 60 (table)
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From page 194...
... 194 source investigations, 22 total emission rates, 62 Tropics, biomass burning, 12 Tropopause, 13 Troposphere, compositional balance, 3 Tropospheric chemical cycles, 101 -40 understanding, 4 Tropospheric Chemistry Systems Models, 5, 20, 32, 44-46, 99 Tropospheric composition, changes and impact, 4 Tropospheric species distribution, 11 sources, 12-13 Tundra needed investigation, 59-61 INDEX seaboard, measurement needs, 22 (table) , 61 V Vertical distributions measurements, 75-76 obtaining 31-32 Vertical time series data, importance, 30 Vertical transport processes, 13 Visible light, measuring, 39 Volatile emissions from forests, 25 Volcanoes, 65 W Washout, 88 Washout ratio, see Scavenging ratio Water removal, 106 sources, 106-7 transformation and sinks, 107-8 transport and distribution, 107 upward flux, 106 Water cycle, 106-8 Wet deposition, 88-90 definition, 38, 88 monitoring, 90 Wet/dry collectors, 90 Wet Removal Experiment, 39-42 Wet removal processes, 88-93 Wet tropical areas, description, 63 World Meteorological Organization, 72 air pollution monitoring, 71 (figure)
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Key Terms

  • source investigations
  • removal processes
  • remote sensors
  • boundary layer
  • rice paddies

  • pool size
  • detection constraints
  • dry removal
  • aerosol particles
  • planetary boundary

  • photochemical transformations
  • animal feedlots
  • nitrous oxide
  • production changes
  • tropospheric chemistry

  • carbonyl sulfide
  • quality models
  • vertical distribution
  • canary islands
  • cycle matrices

  • surface generation
  • climatic change
  • theory validation
  • atmospheric measurement
  • global atmospheric

  • airborne matter
  • scavenging processes
  • dioxide variations
  • tropical forests
  • oceanic monitoring


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