Rise and decline of active chlorine in the stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Solomon, Philip ^a   Barrett, James ^a   Mooney, Thomas ^a   Connor, Brian ^b   Parrish, Alan ^c   Siskind, David E ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; OZONE LAYER; STATISTICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; MILLIMETER WAVES;

CHLORINE MONOXIDE; GROUND-BASED MILLIMETER-WAVE MEASUREMENT;

METEOROLOGY; CHLORINE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CFC; CHLORINE MONOXIDE; DATA SET; METHANE; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVE CHLORINE; CHLORINE MONOXIDE; DATA SET; GROUND BASED; LONG-TERM TREND; MILLIMETER WAVE MEASUREMENTS; MONTREAL PROTOCOLS; TOTAL CHLORINE;

EID: 34548627181     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027029     Document Type: Article

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