Vertical distribution of methyl bromide in the stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 505-508

  Kourtidis, Kostas ^a,c   Borchers, Reinhard ^a   Fabian, Peter ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

METHYL BROMIDE; STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS;

METHYL BROMIDE; STRATOSPHERE;

HIGHER LATITUDES; MEASUREMENTS OF; METHYL BROMIDE; MIDLATITUDES; NATURAL COMPOUNDS; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 0032004651     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00183     Document Type: Article

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