Can the carbon isotopic composition of methane be reconstructed from multi-site firn air measurements?

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 6993-7005

  Sapart, C J ^a   Martinerie, P ^b   Witrant, E ^c   Chappellaz, J ^b   Van De Wal, R S W ^a   Sperlich, P ^d,h   Van Der Veen, C ^a   Bernard, S ^b   Sturges, W T ^e   Blunier, T ^d   Schwander, J ^f   Etheridge, D ^g   Rockmann T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c GIPSA LAB   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84880961626     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-6993-2013     Document Type: Article

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