Atmospheric molecular hydrogen (H2): Observations at the high-altitude site Jungfraujoch, Switzerland

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-76

  Bond, S W ^a   Vollmer, M K ^a   Steinbacher, M ^a   Henne, S ^a   Reimann, S ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; MIXING RATIO; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POINT SOURCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78650950362     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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