The seasonal variation of selected natural and anthropogenic halocarbons in the arctic troposphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1723-1727

  Yokouchi, Y ^a,b   Barrie, L A ^a,b   Toom, D ^a,b   Akimoto, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arctic; Bromocarbon; Bromoform; Chloroiodomethane; Halocarbon

Indexed keywords

BROMOFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; HALOCARBON; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; CANADA; CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC HALOCARBON; BROMOCARBON; BROMOFORM; CHLOROIODOMETHANE; HALOCARBON; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOC;

ARCTIC;

AIR; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLING; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC HALOCARBONS; ARCTIC TROPOSPHERE; BROMOCARBON; BROMOFORM; CHEMICAL REACTIVITY; HALOCARBONS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIXING RATIOS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

HALOGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0029663088     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00393-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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