Our changing atmosphere: Evidence based on long-term infrared solar observations at the Jungfraujoch since 1950

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 391, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 184-195

  Zander, R ^a   Mahieu, E ^a   Demoulin, P ^a   Duchatelet, P ^a   Roland, G ^a   Servais, C ^a   Mazière, M De ^b   Reimann, S ^c   Rinsland, C P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

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

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition changes; Climate change; Infrared remote sensing; Infrared spectroscopy; Montreal and Kyoto Protocols

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION CHANGES; INFRARED REMOTE SENSING; MONTREAL AND KYOTO PROTOCOLS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

CHLORINE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; FERTILIZER; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOMETRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INFRARED RAYS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SWITZERLAND;

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

EID: 37649022757     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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