Recent trends in atmospheric methyl bromide: Analysis of post-Montreal Protocol variability

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5963-5974

  Yvon Lewis, S A ^a   Saltzman, E S ^b   Montzka, S A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; EMISSION INVENTORY; FUMIGATION; METHYL BROMIDE; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; NOAA SATELLITE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649620051     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-5963-2009     Document Type: Article

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