A 15 year record of high-frequency, in situ measurements of hydrogen at Mace Head, Ireland

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1203-1214

  Grant, A ^a   Witham, C S ^b   Simmonds, P G ^a   Manning, A J ^b   O'Doherty, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; FORWARD MODELING; HYDROGEN; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONALITY;

CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; IRELAND; MACE HEAD;

EID: 76149090179     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-1203-2010     Document Type: Article

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