Hydrochlorofluorocarbon and hydrofluorocarbon emissions in East Asia determined by inverse modeling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3545-3560

  Stohl, A ^a   Kim, J ^b   Li, S ^b   O'Doherty, S ^c   Muhle J ^d   Salameh, P K ^d   Saito, T ^e   Vollmer, M K ^f   Wan, D ^g   Weiss, R F ^d   Yao, B ^h   Yokouchi, Y ^e   Zhou, L X ^h  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

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

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; HALOCARBON; HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBON; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MODELING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CAPE OCHIISHI; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; CHINA; FAR EAST; GOSAN; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 77951217918     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3545-2010     Document Type: Article

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