Three-dimensional modeling of HCFC-123 in the atmosphere: Assessing its potential environmental impacts and rationale for continued use

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3208-3213

  Wuebbles, Donald J ^a   Patten, Kenneth O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY; CENTRIFUGAL CHILLERS; CONTINUED USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FIRE SUPPRESSANTS; FIRE SUPPRESSION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; MONTREAL PROTOCOLS; OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIAL; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CENTRIFUGATION; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOPHYSICS; GLOBAL WARMING; OZONE; REFRIGERATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

OZONE LAYER;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2,2 TRIFLUOROETHANE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBON; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE LAYER; PHYSICS; STRATOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OZONE; SEASONS;

EID: 66449108551     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802308m     Document Type: Article

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