Biogenic hydrocarbon emission

Lamb, B D. Gay, H. Westberg, and T. Pierce, A Biogenic Hydrocarbon Emission Inventory for the U.S.A. Using a Simple Forest Canopy Model, Atmos. Environ., 27, 1673-1690 (1993). 

Benjamin, M. T., M. Sudol, D. Vorsatz, and A. M. Winer, A Spatially and Temporally Resolved Biogenic Hydrocarbon Emissions Inventory for the California South Coast Air Basin, Atmos. Environ., 31, 3087-3100(1997). 

Drewitt, G. B K. Curren, D. G. Steyn, T. J. Gillespie, and H. Niki, Measurement of Biogenic Hydrocarbon Emissions from Vegetation in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Atmos. Envimn., 32, 3457-3466 (1998). 

Guenther, A., L. Otter, P. Zimmerman, J. Greenberg, R. Scholes, and M. Scholes, Biogenic Hydrocarbon Emissions from Southern Africa Savannas, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 25859-25865 (1996a). 

Guenther, A., Archer, S., Greenberg, j., Harley, R, Helmig, D., Klinger, L., Vierling, L., Wildermuth, M., Zimmerman, R, and Zitzer, S. (1999). Biogenic hydrocarbon emissions and landcover/climate change in a subtropical. savanna. Phy. Chem. Earth (B) 24, 659-667. 

Biogenic hydrocarbon emission rates from individual plant species have been estimated experimentally by placing small plants or branches in enclosures and measuring the accumulation of emitted compounds. Extensive emission rate measurements have been reported for a relatively limited number of compounds isoprene and a number of the dominant monoterpenes. Isoprene does appear to be the dominant compound emitted from vegetation. 

Lamb, B., Gay, D., Westberg, H., and Pierce, T. (1993) A biogenic hydrocarbon emission inventory for the U.S.A. using a simple forest canopy model, Atmos. Environ. 27A, 1673-1690. 

On a global scale, the largest biogenic hydrocarbon emissions occur in the tropics, with i.soprene being the dominant emitted compound. These result from a combination of high temperatures and large biomass densities. During summer months, the maximum flux of... 

Lamb, B., Westberg, H., and Allwine, G. (1985) Biogenic hydrocarbon emissions from deciduous and coniferous trees in the United States, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 2380-2390. 

Lamb B, Guenther A, Gay D, Westberg H (1987) A national inventory of biogenic hydrocarbon emissions. Atmos Environ 21 1695-1705... 

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