Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2020)

Surprising chiral composition changes over the Amazon rainforest with height, time and season

  • Nora Zannoni,
  • Denis Leppla,
  • Pedro Ivo Lembo Silveira de Assis,
  • Thorsten Hoffmann,
  • Marta Sá,
  • Alessandro Araújo,
  • Jonathan Williams

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-0007-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The chiral compositions of biogenic volatile organic compounds over the Amazon tropical rainforest vary with height, time of day and season, according to measurements from a 325 m tall tower.