Observational constraints on the global atmospheric budget of ethanol
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Observational constraints on the global atmospheric budget of ethanol
Energy security and climate change concerns have led to the promotion of biomass-derived ethanol, an oxygenated volatile organic compound (OVOC), as a substitute for fossil fuels. Although ethanol is ubiquitous in the troposphere, our knowledge of its current atmospheric budget and distribution is limited. Here, for the first time we use a global chemical transport model in conjunction with atm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1680-7324
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-5361-2010