Long-term tropospheric trend of octafluorocyclobutane (c-C4F8 or PFC-318)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 261-269

  Oram, D E ^a   Mani, F S ^a   Laube, J C ^a   Newland, M J ^a   Reeves, C E ^a   Sturges, W T ^a   Penkett, S A ^a   Brenninkmeijer, C A M ^b   Rockmann T ^c   Fraser, P J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON EMISSION; FLUOROCARBON; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

AUSTRALIA; CAPE GRIM; TASMANIA;

EID: 84860157648     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-261-2012     Document Type: Article

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