Extreme 13C depletion of CCl2F2 in firn air samples from NEEM, Greenland

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 599-609

  Zuiderweg, A ^a   Holzinger, R ^a   Martinerie, P ^b   Schneider, R ^c   Kaiser, J ^d   Witrant, E ^e   Etheridge, D ^f,h   Petrenko, V ^g   Blunier, T ^h   Rockmann T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VERIMAG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e GIPSA LAB   (France)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CFC; EMISSION INVENTORY; FIRN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; MIXING RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84872723437     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-599-2013     Document Type: Article

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