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part of the atmosphere. Understanding oOH variability is important to evaluating human impacts on the atmosphere and climate. Because oOH acts as the initiator of a number of photochemical chain reactions, it has a lifetime in the Earth's atmosphere of less than one second. Understanding the role of oOH in the oxidation process of methane (CH₄) present in the atmosphere to first carbon monoxide (CO) and then carbon dioxide (CO₂) is important for assessing the residence time of this greenhouse gas, the overall carbon budget

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