Extreme deuterium enrichment in stratospheric hydrogen and the global atmospheric budget of H2

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6951, 2003, Pages 918-921

  Rahn, Thom ^a,f   Eller, John M ^a   Boering, Kristie A ^c   Wennberg, Paul O ^a,b   McCarthy, Michael C ^c   Tyler, Stanley ^d   Schauffler, Sue ^e   Oonnelly, Stephen ^e   Atlas, Elliot ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHANE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

TRACE GASES;

DEUTERIUM;

DEUTERIUM; METHANE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DEUTERIUM; ENRICHMENT; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC RATIO;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTION; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS FLOW; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; STRATOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; DEUTERIUM; FOSSIL FUELS; GASES; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0042860092     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01917     Document Type: Article

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