A high-precision measurement system for carbon and hydrogen isotopic ratios of atmospheric methane and its application to air samples collected in the western Pacific region

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-379

  Umezawa, Taku ^a   Aoki, Shuji ^a   Nakazawa, Takakiyo ^a   Morimoto, Shinji ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHANE; PRECISION; PYROLYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 68049111393     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87.365     Document Type: Article

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