Airborne gas chromatograph for in situ measurements of long-lived species in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-350

  Elkins, J W ^a   Fahey, D W ^a   Gilligan, J M ^a,b,c   Dutton, G S ^a,b,g   Baring, T J ^a,b,g   Volk, C M ^a,b,g   Dunn, R E ^a,b,g   Myers, R C ^a   Montzka, S A ^a   Wamsley, P R ^a,b,g   Hayden, A H ^a,b,g   Butler, J H ^a   Thompson, T M ^a   Swanson, T H ^a,b,g   Dlugokencky, E J ^a   Novelli, P C ^a   Hurst, D F ^a,b,g   Lobert, J M ^a,b,g   Ciciora, S J ^a,b,d   McLaughlin, R J ^a   Thompson, T L ^a   Winkler, R H ^a   Fraser, P J ^e,f   Steele, L P ^e,f   Lucarelli, M P ^e,f   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US WEST Communications   (United States)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g Cmw Sci and Indust Res Org ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE SPECIES; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH ALTITUDE FLIGHT; INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION;

EID: 0029728770     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00244     Document Type: Article

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