European source strengths and northern hemisphere baseline concentrations of radiatively active trace gases at Mace Head, Ireland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3703-3715

  Derwent, R G ^a   Simmonds, P G ^b   O'Doherty, S ^b   Ciais, P ^c   Ryall, D B ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Greenhouse gases; HCFCs; HFCs; Lagrangian dispersion model; Long range transport; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Radiatively active trace gases; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGIAN DISPERSION MODEL; NITROUS OXIDE; RADIATIVELY ACTIVE TRACE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; OZONE LAYER; TROPOSPHERE;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; HALOCARBON; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE;

EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; EUROPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRELAND; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE;

IRELAND;

EID: 0032210780     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00093-4     Document Type: Article

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