Temporal variations of the atmospheric nitrous oxide concentration and its δ15N and δ18O for the latter half of the 20th century reconstructed from firn air analyses

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Ishijima, Kentaro ^a,b   Sugawara, Satoshi ^c   Kawamura, Kenji ^a,d   Hashida, Gen ^e   Morimoto, Shinji ^e   Murayama, Shohei ^f   Aoki, Shuji ^a   Nakazawa, Takakiyo ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CORE ANALYSIS; ICE; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

FIRN; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NORTHGRIP; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; DOME FUJI; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 34547277800     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007208     Document Type: Article

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