How well do different tracers constrain the firn diffusivity profile?

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1485-1510

  Trudinger, C M ^a   Enting, I G ^b   Rayner, P J ^b   Etheridge, D M ^a   Buizert, C ^c,d   Rubino, M ^a,c   Krummel, P B ^a   Blunier, T ^c  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSIVITY; FIRN; INVERSE PROBLEM; TRACER;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 84873680901     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-1485-2013     Document Type: Article

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