A kinetic chemistry tagging technique and its application to modelling the stable isotopic composition of atmospheric trace gases

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 337-364

  Gromov, S ^a   Jockel P ^a,b   Sander, R ^a   Brenninkmeijer, C A M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KINETIC ENERGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; OZONE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE GAS;

EID: 78650275848     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-3-337-2010     Document Type: Article

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