Estimates of tropical bromoform emissions using an inversion method

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 979-994

  Ashfold, M J ^a,d   Harris, N R P ^a   Manning, A J ^b   Robinson, A D ^a   Warwick, N J ^a,c   Pyle, J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c National Centre for Atmospheric Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVERSE ANALYSIS; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84893383577     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-979-2014     Document Type: Article

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