Carbon and hydrogen isotopic compositions of stratospheric methane: 1. High-precision observations from the NASA ER-2 aircraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Rice, A L ^a   Tyler, S C ^a   McCarthy, M C ^b   Boering, K A ^b   Atlas, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Hydrogen isotopes; Methane; Methane isotopes; Stratospheric methane

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; METHANE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 1342269842     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003042     Document Type: Article

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