A case study of a transported bromine explosion event in the Canadian high arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 457-477

  Zhao, X ^a   Strong, K ^a   Adams, C ^a,b   Schofield, R ^c,d   Yang, X ^e   Richter, A ^f   Friess, U ^g   Blechschmidt, A M ^f   Koo, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BLOWING SNOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; BROMINE; EXPLOSION; GOME; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIXING RATIO; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLAR METEOROLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; EUREKA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84958729548     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023711     Document Type: Article

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