Sulfur hexafluoride - A powerful new atmospheric tracer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1621-1629

  Maiss, Manfred ^a   Steele, L Paul ^b   Francey, Roger J ^b   Fraser, Paul J ^b,c   Langenfelds, Ray L ^b   Trivett, Neil B A ^d   Levin, Ingeborg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric trace gas; GC ECD; Interhemispheric exchange; Sulfur hexafluoride

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACERS; CRYOSPHERE; HYDROSPHERE; INTERHEMISPHERIC EXCHANGE; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACER; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HEMISPHERE EXCHANGE; MODELLING; SULPHUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRACE GAS;

ANTARCTICA, NEUMAYER; AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, CAPE GRIM;

EID: 0029663103     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00425-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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