Localization of source regions of selected hydrofluorocarbons combining data collected at two European mountain stations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 391, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 232-240

  Maione, M ^a   Giostra, U ^a   Arduini, J ^a   Belfiore, L ^a   Furlani, F ^a   Geniali, A ^a   Mangani, G ^a   Vollmer, M K ^b   Reimann, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Back trajectories; Hydrofluorocarbon HFC 125; Hydrofluorocarbon HFC 134a; Hydrofluorocarbon HFC 152a; Source region estimates

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA RECORDING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

BACK-TRAJECTORIES; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; KYOTO PROTOCOL; SOURCE REGION ESTIMATES;

FLUOROCARBONS;

FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; GREENHOUSE GAS; ITALY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED;

APENNINES; BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; JUNGFRAUJOCH; MODENA; MOUNT CIMONE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 37649001832     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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