Temporal development of total chlorine in the high-latitude stratosphere based on reference distributions of mean age derived from CO2 and SF6

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Engel, Andreas ^a   Strunk, Martin ^a   Müller, Melanie ^a   Haase, Hans Peter ^a   Poss, Christian ^b   Levin, Ingeborg ^b   Schmidt, Ulrich ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Chlorine; Stratosphere; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR COMPOUND; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 17044452148     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000584     Document Type: Article

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