First appearance and rapid growth of anthropogenic HFC-245fa (CHF2CH2CF3) in the atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Vollmer, Martin K ^a   Reimann, Stefan ^a   Folini, Doris ^a   Porter, Laurence W ^b   Steele, L Paul ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

HEMISPHERIC TROPOSPHERE; HYDROFLUOROCARBONS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOAM; GROWTH RATE; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRACE GAS; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33845601632     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026763     Document Type: Article

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