Atmospheric trends and radiative forcings of CF4 and C 2F6 inferred from firn air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2184-2189

  Worton, David R ^a,f   Sturges, William T ^a   Gohar, Laila K ^b   Shine, Keith P ^b   Martinerie, Patricia ^c   Oram, David E ^a   Humphrey, Stephen P ^a   Begley, Paul ^a   Gunn, Lara ^a,g   Barnola, Jean Marc ^c   Schwander, Jakob ^d   Mulvaney, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM INDUSTRY; MIXING RATIOS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ALUMINUM; CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE; ETHANE; FLUOROCARBON; FLUOROMETHANE; HEXAFLUOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FIRN; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MIXING RATIO; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADIATIVE FORCING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RATE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 34247113876     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061710t     Document Type: Article

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