Global emissions of refrigerants HCFC-22 and HFC-134a: Unforeseen seasonal contributions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 17379-17384

  Xiang, Bin ^a   Patra, Prabir K ^b   Montzka, Stephen A ^c   Miller, Scot M ^a   Elkins, James W ^c   Moore, Fred L ^c,d   Atlas, Elliot L ^e   Miller, Ben R ^c,d   Weiss, Ray F ^f   Prinn, Ronald G ^g   Wofsy, Steven C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission seasonality; Global emissions; HCFC 22; HFC 134a; Refrigerants

Indexed keywords

CHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; NORFLURANE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUTUMN; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATITUDE; PACIFIC OCEAN; REFRIGERATOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED NATIONS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WINTER;

EID: 84917694817     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1417372111     Document Type: Article

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