Site selective real-time measurements of atmospheric N2O isotopomers by laser spectroscopy

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1601-1609

  Mohn, J ^a   Tuzson, B ^a   Manninen, A ^a   Yoshida, N ^b   Toyoda, S ^b   Brand, W A ^c   Emmenegger, L ^a  

^a Empa Materials and Science   (Switzerland)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; GRASSLAND; ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LASER METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIXING RATIO; NITROUS OXIDE; PRECISION; REAL TIME; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; ALGORITHM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84884211460     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1601-2012     Document Type: Review

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