One-decade trend analysis of stratospheric BrO over Harestua (60°N) and Lauder (45°S) reveals a decline

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Hendrick, Franch ^a   Johnston, P V ^b   De Maziere M ^a   Fayt, C ^a   Hermans, C ^a   Kreher, K ^b   Theys, N ^a   Thomas, A ^b   Van Roozendael, M ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE;

BROMINATED SUBSTANCES; GROUND-BASED; INORGANIC BROMINE; MEAN AGE OF AIR; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; TREND ANALYSIS; UV-VISIBLE; VERY SHORT-LIVED SUBSTANCES;

BROMINE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE; DECADAL VARIATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; STRATOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HARESTUA; LAUDER; NEW ZEALAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OPPLAND; OTAGO; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 53749083832     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034154     Document Type: Article

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