An estimate of the global emissions of methyl bromide from automobile exhausts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2405-2408

  Baker, J M ^a,b   Reeves, C E ^b   Penkett, S A ^a   Cardenas, L M ^a   Nightingale, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CARBON MONOXIDE; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; CARBON; EXTRAPOLATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

METHYL BROMIDE; AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST; CO EMISSIONS; FIELD STUDIES; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; LINEAR CORRELATION; SOURCE STRENGTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; METHYL BROMIDE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 0032125086     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01795     Document Type: Article

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