Characteristics of seasonal variation of near-surface water vapor D/H isotope ratio revealed by continuous in situ measurement in Sapporo, Japan

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-8

  Sunmonu, 'Niyi ^a   Muramoto, Ken Ichiro ^b,e   Kurita, Naoyuki ^c   Yoshimura, Kei ^d   Fujiyoshi, Yasushi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e ISHIKAWA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 84906682434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2012-002     Document Type: Article

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