Evidence for bromine monoxide in the free troposphere during the Arctic polar sunrise

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6717, 1999, Pages 338-341

  McElroy, C T ^a,b   McLinden, C A ^b   McConnell, J C ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE; HALOGEN; OZONE; SNOW;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BROMINE COMPOUND; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033611519     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16904     Document Type: Article

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