Concentrations and isotope ratios of helium and other noble gases in the Earth's atmosphere during 1978-2011

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 366, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-37

  Brennwald, Matthias S ^a   Vogel, Nadia ^a,b   Figura, Simon ^a   Vollmer, Martin K ^c   Langenfelds, Ray ^d   Paul Steele, L ^d   Maden, Colin ^b   Kipfer, Rolf ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

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

Author keywords

Air; Cape Grim Air Archive; Fossil fuel; Natural gas; Trace gas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; CAPE GRIM AIR ARCHIVE; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE RATIO; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MODEL PREDICTION; NOBLE GAS; NOBLE GAS ISOTOPES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TIME INTERVAL; TIME-SCALES; TRACE GAS;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; FORECASTING; FOSSIL FUELS; ISOTOPES; NATURAL GAS;

INERT GASES;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOSSIL FUEL; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NATURAL GAS; NOBLE GAS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACE GAS;

EID: 84874692976     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.039     Document Type: Article

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