A ship-based methodology for high precision atmospheric oxygen measurements and its application in the Southern Ocean region

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 643-653

  Thompson, Rona L ^a,d   Manning, Andrew C ^a,b   Lowe, David C ^c   Weatherburn, David C ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34547862790     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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