Continuing global significance of emissions of Montreal Protocol-restricted halocarbons in the United States and Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Hurst, Dale F ^a,b   Lin, J C ^c,d   Romashkin, P A ^a,b,e   Daube, B C ^c   Gerbig, C ^c,f   Matross, D M ^c   Wofsy, S C ^c   Hall, B D ^b   Elkins, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CFC; EMISSION CONTROL; HALOCARBON; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; OZONE DEPLETION; TRACE GAS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845936836     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006785     Document Type: Article

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