The 1991-1992 Atmospheric Methane anomaly: Southern Hemisphere 13C decrease and growth rate fluctuations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 857-860

  Lowe, David C ^a   Manning, Martin R ^a   Brailsford, G W ^a   Bromley, A M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; METHANE; CARBON; DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; ISOTOPES; MEASUREMENTS;

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; BIOMASS-BURNING; MEASUREMENTS OF; PEAK TO PEAK AMPLITUDES; RATE FLUCTUATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRINGENT TEST;

MIXING; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

TIME DEPENDENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; SEASONAL CYCLE;

ANTARCTICA, SCOTT BASE; NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, BARING HEAD;

EID: 0031111457     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00830     Document Type: Article

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