A growing threat to the ozone layer from short-lived anthropogenic chlorocarbons

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2017, Pages 11929-11941

  Oram, David E ^a   Ashfold, Matthew J ^b   Laube, Johannes C ^a   Gooch, Lauren J ^a   Humphrey, Stephen ^a   Sturges, William T ^a   Leedham Elvidge, Emma ^a,f   Forster, Grant L ^a   Harris, Neil R P ^c   Iqbal Mead, Mohammed ^c,d   Samah, Azizan Abu ^d   Phang, Siew Moi ^d   Ou Yang, Chang Feng ^e   Lin, Neng Huei ^e   Wang, Jia Lin ^e   Baker, Angela K ^f   Brenninkmeijer, Carl A M ^f   Sherry, David ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g Nolan Sherry and Associs   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

FAR EAST; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 85031321136     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-11929-2017     Document Type: Article

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