Long-term field performance of a tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer for analysis of carbon isotopes of CO2 in forest air

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5263-5277

  Schaeffer, S M ^a,d   Miller, J B ^b,c   Vaughn, B H ^c   White, J W C ^c   Bowling, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CANOPY EXCHANGE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GAS EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 51349105891     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-5263-2008     Document Type: Article

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