Observations of long-lived anthropogenic halocarbons at the high-Alpine site of Jungfraujoch (Switzerland) for assessment of trends and European sources

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 391, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 224-231

  Reimann, S ^a   Vollmer, M K ^a   Folini, D ^a   Steinbacher, M ^a   Hill, M ^a   Buchmann, B ^a   Zander, R ^b   Mahieu, E ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CFCs; Emissions; GCMS; HCFCs; HFCs; Kyoto Protocol; Montreal Protocol

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MEASUREMENT THEORY; OZONE; SOLVENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC HALOCARBONS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MONTREAL PROTOCOL;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CHLOROFLUOROHYDROCARBON; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; HALOCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CFC; EMISSION CONTROL; HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBON; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; OZONE DEPLETION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND;

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

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 37649012614     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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