Present and future trends in the atmospheric burden of ozone-depleting halogens

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6729, 1999, Pages 690-694

  Montzka, S A ^a   Butler, J H ^a   Elkins, J W ^a   Thompson, T M ^a   Clarke, A D ^b,c   Lock, L T ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Climate Monitoring Diagnostics Lab   (Antarctica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; TRICHLOROETHANE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HALOGEN; OZONE DEPLETION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033594422     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19499     Document Type: Article

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