Halogen atom concentrations in the Arctic troposphere derived from hydrocarbon measurements: Impact on the budget of formaldehyde

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2941-2944

  Rudolph, Jochen ^a   Fu, Ban Ru ^a   Thompson, Alex ^a   Anlauf, Kurt ^b   Bottenheim, Jan ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATOMS; FORMALDEHYDE; HALOGEN ELEMENTS; OZONE LAYER; BUDGET CONTROL; HYDROCARBONS; MIXING; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

TROPOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION;

TROPOSPHERE; FORMALDEHYDE;

HALOGEN; TROPOSPHERE;

CANADIAN ARCTIC; CHLORINE CHEMISTRY; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; LOSS MECHANISMS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MIXING RATIOS; OZONE DEPLETION; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

EID: 0033208563     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010869     Document Type: Article

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