Methane standard gases for atmospheric measurements at the MRI and JMA and intercomparison experiments

Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 91-109

  Matsueda, Hidekazu ^a   Sawa, Yousuke ^a   Wada, Akira ^a   Inoue, Hisayuki Y ^b   Suda, Kazuto ^c   Hirano, Yoshiaki ^c   Tsuboi, Kazuhiro ^c   Nishioka, Sakiko ^c  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 27744568488     PISSN: 0031126X     EISSN: 18806643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2467/mripapers.54.91     Document Type: Article

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