Recent tropospheric growth rate and distribution of HFC-134a (CF3CH2F)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1949-1952

  Oram, D E ^a   Reeves, C E ^a   Sturges, W T ^a   Penkett, S A ^a   Fraser, P J ^b   Langenfelds, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

TROPOSPHERIC CHLOROFLUOROCARBON GROWTH RATE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; POLYOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; CFC; HFC; TETRAFLUOROETHANE; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, CAPE GRIM; IRELAND, COUNTY GALWAY, MACE HEAD;

AIR SAMPLES; CFC REPLACEMENTS; DETECTION LIMITS; GLOBAL MODELING; HFC-134A; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MACE HEAD; RECENT TRENDS;

EID: 0030183028     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01862     Document Type: Article

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