Increase of stratospheric carbon tetrafluoride (CF4) based on ATMOS observations from space

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2353-2356

  Zander, R ^a   Solomon, S ^b   Mahieu, E ^a   Goldman, A ^c   Rinsland, C P ^d   Gunson, M R ^e   Abrams, M C ^d,i   Chang, A Y ^e   Salawitch, R J ^e   Michelsen, H A ^f   Newchurch, M J ^g   Stiller, G P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^h KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ NASA LaRC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INFRARED SOLAR OCCULTATION; TRACE GAS; VOLUME MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOS; ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0030207007     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00957     Document Type: Article

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