The impact of the Montreal Protocol on halocarbon concentrations in northern hemisphere baseline and European air masses at Mace Head, Ireland over a ten year period from 1987-1996

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3689-3702

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

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baseline monitoring; Carbon tetrachloride; CFC 11; CFC 113; CFC 12; CFCs; European emissions; Halocarbons; Long term trends; Methyl chloroform

Indexed keywords

HALOCARBONS; LAGRANGIAN AIR PARCEL DISPERSION MODEL; METHYL CHLOROFORM;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; CLIMATOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; HALOCARBON; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; HALOCARBON; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; OZONE DEPLETION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; IRELAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

IRELAND;

EID: 0032210987     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00092-2     Document Type: Article

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