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Article: WEATHER EFFECTS ON ISOPRENE EMISSION CAPACITY AND APPLICATIONS IN EMISSIONS ALGORITHMS.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Ecological Applications
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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Abstract. Many plants synthesize isoprene. Because it is volatile and reacts rapidly with hydroxyl radicals, it is emitted to the atmosphere and plays a critical role in atmospheric chemistry. Determining effective remediation efforts for ozone pollution requires accurate isoprene-emission inventories. Temperature and light effects on isoprene emission from plants over minutes to a few hours are fairly well known, but effects over a few days (i.e., influenced by weather) are also possible. We measured isoprene emission and photosynthesis under constant temperature and light (known as the basal emission rate, which reflects the capacity for isoprene emission) during eight ...