Variations in atmospheric N2O concentration during abrupt climatic changes

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5425, 1999, Pages 227-230

  Fluckiger J ^a   Dallenbach A ^a   Blunier, T ^a,c   Stauffer, B ^a   Stocker, T F ^a   Raynaud, D ^b   Barnola, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NITROUS OXIDES;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITROUS OXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE CORE; NITROUS OXIDE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038294083     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5425.227     Document Type: Article

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