Analysis of 3-year observations of CFC-11, CFC-12 and CFC-113 from a semi-rural site in China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 4454-4462

  Zhang, Fang ^a   Zhou, Lingxi ^a   Yao, Bo ^a   Vollmer, Martin K ^b   Greally, Brian R ^c   Simmonds, Peter G ^c   Reimann, Stefan ^b   Stordal, Frode ^d   Maione, Michela ^e   Xu, Lin ^a   Zhang, Xiaochun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFCs; Data analysis; GAW; Seasonality; Shangdianzi

Indexed keywords

CFCS; DATA ANALYSIS; GAW; SEASONALITY; SHANGDIANZI;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; DATA REDUCTION; TIME SERIES;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CFC; DATA INTERPRETATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; EPISODIC EVENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES; WIND DIRECTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 77956870909     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.041     Document Type: Article

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