Variability in the O2/N2 ratio of southern hemisphere air, 1991-1994: Implications for the carbon cycle

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-21

  Bender, Michael ^a   Ellis, Taylor ^a   Tans, Pieter ^b   Franccy, Roger ^c   Lowe, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE SINK; OXYGEN SOURCE; OXYGEN/NITROGEN RATIO;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, CAPE GRIM; NEW ZEALAND, BARING HEAD;

EID: 0029730047     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GB03295     Document Type: Article

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