Results from the International Halocarbons in Air Comparison Experiment (IHALACE)

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 469-490

  Hall, B D ^a   Engel, A ^b   Muhle J ^c   Elkins, J W ^a   Artuso, F ^d   Atlas, E ^e   Aydin, M ^f   Blake, D ^f   Brunke, E G ^g   Chiavarini, S ^d   Fraser, P J ^h   Happell, J ^e   Krummel, P B ^h   Levin, I ⁱ   Loewenstein, M ^j   Maione, M ^k   Montzka, S A ^a   O'Doherty, S ^l   Reimann, S ^m   Rhoderick, G ⁿ   Saltzman, E S ^f   Scheel, H E ^q   Steele, L P ^h   Vollmer, M K ^m   Weiss, R F ^c   Worthy, D ^o   Yokouchi, Y ^p   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^j NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^o ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^q KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CALIBRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TRACE GAS;

EID: 85005943466     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-469-2014     Document Type: Article

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