Free tropospheric CO, C2H6, and HCN above central Europe: Recent measurements from the Jungfraujoch station including the detection of elevated columns during 1998

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D19, 2000, Pages 24235-24249

  Rinsland, C P ^a   Mahieu, E ^b   Zander, R ^b   Demoulin, P ^b   Forrer, J ^c   Buchmann, B ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COLUMN; CYANIDE; ETHANE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

(CENTRAL); EUROPE; SWISS ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 2142662901     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900371     Document Type: Article

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