Trace gases and CO2 isotope records from cabo de rama, India

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1336-1344

  Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Borole, D V ^b   Francey, R J ^c   Allison, C E ^c   Steele, L P ^c   Krummel, P ^c   Langenfelds, R ^c   Masarie, K A ^d   Tiwari, Y K ^e   Patra, P K ^f  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Cabo de rama; CO2 isotope; Greenhouse gases; Trace gases

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849112413     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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