Trends of halon gases in polar firn air: Implications for their emission distributions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2055-2064

  Reeves, C E ^a   Sturges, W T ^a   Sturrock, G A ^a   Preston, K ^a   Oram, D E ^a   Schwander, J ^b   Mulvaney, R ^c   Barnola, J M ^d   Chappellaz, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FIRN; ICE CORE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLAR REGION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27244447929     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-2055-2005     Document Type: Article

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