Year-long measurements of C1-C3 halocarbons at an urban site and their relationship with meteorological parameters

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-86

  Khan, M A H ^a   Mead, M I ^a   White, I R ^a   Golledge, B ^a   Nickless, G ^a   Knights, A ^a   Martin, D ^a   Rivett, A C ^a   Greally, B R ^a   Shallcross, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption desorption system; Anthropogenic halocarbons; Biogenic halocarbons; Electron capture detector; Gas chromatography; Methyl bromide

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOCARBON; METHYL BROMIDE; MIXING RATIO; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

BRISTOL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67849119802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.213     Document Type: Article

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