A record of atmospheric halocarbons during the twentieth century from polar firn air

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6738, 1999, Pages 749-755

  Butler, James H ^a   Battle, Mark ^b,e   Bender, Michael L ^b,e   Montzka, Stephen A ^a   Clarke, Andrew D ^a,c   Saltzman, Eric S ^d   Sucher, Cara M ^b,f   Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^b,g   Elkins, James W ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f US Global Change Research Program   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; HALOCARBON; METHYL BROMIDE; SOLVENT; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FIRN; HALOCARBON; POLAR METEOROLOGY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033600270     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/21586     Document Type: Article

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