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Bi-directional Exchange of Volatile Organic Compounds

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Review and Integration of Biosphere-Atmosphere Modelling of Reactive Trace Gases and Volatile Aerosols

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Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are a relatively minor component of the atmosphere and yet are widely recognized to have important roles in air quality and climate. With the exception of methane, an important greenhouse gas, atmospheric VOC are primarily of interest because of their impact on other atmospheric constituents, including oxidants and aerosol.

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  1. A. Guenther

    Present address: Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA

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  1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)—Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, IMK-IFU, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

    R. Forkel

  2. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA

    A. Guenther

  3. Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK

    K. Ashworth

  4. INRA, AgroParisTech, UMR1402 ECOSYS, F-78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France

    C. Bedos & E. Potier

  5. Laboratoire d’Aérologie, Université Paul-Sabatier (UPS) and CNRS, UMR 5560, Toulouse, France

    C. Delon

  6. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, IPSL, UVSQ, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    J. Lathiere

  7. Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

    S. Noe

  8. Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    J. Rinne

  9. CESAM and Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    O. Tchepel

  10. Air Quality Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

    L. Zhang

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Forkel, R. et al. (2015). Bi-directional Exchange of Volatile Organic Compounds. In: Massad, RS., Loubet, B. (eds) Review and Integration of Biosphere-Atmosphere Modelling of Reactive Trace Gases and Volatile Aerosols. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7285-3_8

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