Atmospheric residence time of Ch3Br estimated from the junge spatial variability relation

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5375, 1998, Pages 392-394

  Colman, Jonah J ^a   Blake, Donald R ^a   Rowland, F Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE; METHYL BROMIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; METHYL BROMIDE; OZONE; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0032541122     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5375.392     Document Type: Article

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19. 3Br in a nonspatially uniform manner, it would be expected to increase its empirical variability relative to the other four compounds. Therefore, any correction due to this effect would have to subtract from its stated variability and thus increase our residence time prediction.
20. We acknowledge the hard work and commitment to excellence exhibited by the science team at the University of California at Irvine and all members of the PEM Tropics mission. Funding was provided by NASA grant NAG-1-1777.