A ship-based methodology for high precision atmospheric oxygen measurements and its application in the Southern Ocean region

Rona L. Thompson; Andrew C. Manning; David C. Lowe; David C. Weatherburn

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00292.x

A ship-based methodology for high precision atmospheric oxygen measurements and its application in the Southern Ocean region

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 59 (2007): Issue 4

By: Rona L. Thompson, Andrew C. Manning, David C. Lowe and David C. Weatherburn

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Submitted on: Dec 22, 2006

Accepted on: May 11, 2007

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