Tropospheric trends for CF4 and C2F6 since 1982 derived from SF6 dated stratospheric air

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1099-1102

  Harnisch, Jochen ^a   Borchers, Reinhard ^a   Fabian, Peter ^b   Maiss, Manfred ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FLUOROCARBONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; ALUMINUM; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; VORTEX FLOW;

CRYOSAMPLING; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GASES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR SAMPLE DATING; ALUMINIUM EMISSION; CRYOSAMPLING; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR SAMPLES; ALUMINIUM PRODUCTION; INJECTION RATES; MEASUREMENTS OF; MIDLATITUDES; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; TRACE-GASES;

EID: 0030136463     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01198     Document Type: Article

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