Growth in stratospheric chlorine from short-lived chemicals not controlled by the Montreal Protocol

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4573-4580

  Hossaini, R ^a   Chipperfield, M P ^a   Saiz Lopez, A ^b   Harrison, J J ^c   Von Glasow, R ^d   Sommariva, R ^c,d   Atlas, E ^e   Navarro, M ^e   Montzka, S A ^f   Feng, W ^a   Dhomse, S ^a   Harth, C ^g   Muhle J ^g   Lunder, C ^h   O'Doherty, S ⁱ   Young, D ⁱ   Reimann, S ^j   Vollmer, M K ^j   Krummel, P B ^k   Bernath, P F ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^j SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

^l OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

dichloromethane; Montreal Protocol; ozone; phosgene; stratosphere; VSLS

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; OZONE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

1 ,2-DICHLOROETHANES; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; MONTREAL PROTOCOLS; PARTS PER TRILLION; PHOSGENE; TETRACHLOROETHENE; VSLS;

CHLORINE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHLORINE; MIXING RATIO; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84934440324     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063783     Document Type: Article

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