Atmospheric trend and lifetime of chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) and the global tropospheric OH concentration

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D11, 1998, Pages 13237-13248

  Miller, B R ^a   Huang, J ^b   Weiss, R F ^a   Prinn, R G ^b   Fraser, P J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HCFC;

EID: 0032551069     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD00771     Document Type: Article

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