Effect of the tropospheric trend on the stratospheric tracer-tracer correlations: Methyl chloroform

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D21, 1999, Pages 26643-26652

  Romashkin, P A ^a,b,d   Hurst, D F ^a,b,d   Elkins, J W ^a,d   Dutton, G S ^a,b,d   Wamsley, P R ^a,b,c  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Ophir Corporation   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CFC; HALOCARBON; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033589446     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900744     Document Type: Article

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