Contribution of very short-lived substances to stratospheric bromine loading: Uncertainties and constraints

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1203-1219

  Aschmann, J ^a   Sinnhuber, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE; DEHYDRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOLYSIS; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873548465     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-1203-2013     Document Type: Article

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