Seasonal cycles of nonmethane hydrocarbons and methyl chloride, as derived from firn air from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Kaspers, K A ^a   van de Wal, R S W ^a   de Gouw, J A ^a   Hofstede, C M ^a   van den Broeke, M R ^a   Reijmer, C H ^a   van der Veen, C ^a   Neubert, R E M ^b   Meijer, H A J ^b   Brenninkmeijer, C A M ^c   Karlof L ^d   Winther, J G ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Firn air; Methyl chloride; NMHC; Seasonal cycles

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FIRN; METHYL CHLORIDE; MIXING RATIO; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 7044229942     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004629     Document Type: Article

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