CO2, δo2/N2 and APO: Observations from the Lutjewad, Mace Head and F3 platform flask sampling network

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10691-10704

  Van Der Laan Luijkx, I T ^a,d   Karstens, U ^b   Steinbach, J ^b   Gerbig, C ^b   Sirignano, C ^a,c   Neubert, R E M ^a   Van Der Laan, S ^a,d   Meijer, H A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL FUEL; SAMPLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; IRELAND; MACE HEAD; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA;

EID: 78449243983     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-10691-2010     Document Type: Article

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