Isotopic fractionation of stratospheric nitrous oxide

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5344, 1997, Pages 1778-1780

  Yung, Yuk L ^a   Miller, Charles E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; NITROGEN 15; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN 18;

FRACTIONATION MECHANISM; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NITROUS OXIDE; STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE; FRACTIONATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ISOTOPE LABELING; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0030698728     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5344.1778     Document Type: Review

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