Vertical profile of the carbon isotopic ratio of stratospheric methane over Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 2989-2992

  Sugawara, S ^a,d   Nakazawa, T ^a   Shirakawa, Y ^a,e   Kawamura, K ^a   Aoki, S ^a   Machida, T ^b   Honda, H ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^e JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; METHANE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR SAMPLES; C VALUES; DIFFUSION MODEL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION FACTORS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MEASURED VALUES; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ISOTOPES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

STRATOSPHERIC METHANE CARBON ISOTOPIC RATIO;

EID: 0031375545     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03044     Document Type: Article

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