Ten years of continuous observations of stratospheric ozone depleting gases at Monte Cimone (Italy) - Comments on the effectiveness of the Montreal Protocol from a regional perspective

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-164

  Maione, M ^a   Giostra, U ^a   Arduini, J ^a   Furlani, F ^a   Graziosi, F ^a   Lo Vullo, E ^a   Bonasoni, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gases; Lifetime; Montreal Protocol; Observation systems; Ozone depleting substances; Trends

Indexed keywords

LIFETIME; MONTREAL PROTOCOLS; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES; TRENDS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLUOROCARBONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HALOGENATION; HALON; OZONE;

OZONE LAYER;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; FLUOROCARBON; HALIDE; METHYL BROMIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MIXING RATIO; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS; ITALY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OZONE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLOBAL WARMING; HALOGENATION; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; ITALY; OZONE DEPLETION;

APENNINES; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; FAR EAST; ITALY; MODENA; MOUNT CIMONE; PO VALLEY;

EID: 84872451978     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.056     Document Type: Article

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