Distributions, long term trends and emissions of four perfluorocarbons in remote parts of the atmosphere and firn air

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4081-4090

  Laube, J C ^a   Hogan, C ^a   Newland, M J ^a   Mani, F S ^a,b   Fraser, P J ^c   Brenninkmeijer, C A M ^d   Martinerie, P ^e   Oram, D E ^a   Rockmann T ^f   Schwander, J ^g   Witrant, E ^h   Mills, G P ^a   Reeves, C E ^a   Sturges, W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e VERIMAG   (France)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h GIPSA LAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; CARBON EMISSION; DATA SET; FLUOROCARBON; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84860727281     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-4081-2012     Document Type: Article

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