Development of analytical methods and measurements of13C/ 12C in atmospheric CH4 from the NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory Global Air Sampling Network

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2002, Pages

  Miller, John B ^a,b,d   Mack, Kenneth A ^b   Dissly, Richard ^a,c   White, James W C ^b   Dlugokencky, Edward J ^a,d   Tans, Pieter P ^a,d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Blue Star Sustainable Technologies Corp   (United States)

^d R/CMDL 1 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric methane; Box model; Carbon isotope; GC IRMS; Latitude gradient; Seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; MONITORING;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NOAA SATELLITE;

EID: 32044449399     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000630     Document Type: Article

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