Simultaneous stable isotope analysis of methane and nitrous oxide on ice core samples

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2607-2618

  Sapart, C J ^a   Van Der Veen, C ^a   Vigano, I ^a   Brass, M ^a   Van De Wal, R S W ^a   Bock, M ^b   Fischer, H ^b   Sowers, T ^c   Buizert, C ^d   Sperlich, P ^d   Blunier, T ^d   Behrens, M ^e   Schmitt, J ^b   Seth, B ^b   Rockmann T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALIBRATION; CRYOSPHERE; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE CORE; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROUS OXIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84866981926     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-2607-2011     Document Type: Article

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