Assessment of 15N15N16O as a tracer of stratospheric processes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Kaiser, Jan ^b   Röckmann, Thomas ^b   Brenninkmeijer, Carl A M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ISOTOPE RATIOS; ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS; ADDITIVITY RULES; ATMOSPHERIC MIXING; ISOTOPE DISTRIBUTIONS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPOLOGUES; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; TERMINAL-NITROGEN;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE; ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 10644239395     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016253     Document Type: Article

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