Reconstructed histories of the annual mean atmospheric mole fractions for the halocarbons CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113, and carbon tetrachloride

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C6, 2000, Pages 14285-14296

  Walker, S J ^a   Weiss, R F ^a   Salameh, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HALOCARBON; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MIXING;

EID: 0033669853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900273     Document Type: Article

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