Tracking isotopic signatures of CO2 at the high altitude site Jungfraujoch with laser spectroscopy: Analytical improvements and representative results

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1659-1671

  Sturm, P ^a,b   Tuzson, B ^a   Henne, S ^a   Emmenegger, L ^a  

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

^b TOFWERK AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ALTITUDE; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ANNUAL CYCLE; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA QUALITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LASER METHOD; SIMULATION; TIMESCALE; TRACKING;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84880518857     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-1659-2013     Document Type: Article

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