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Development of a new high precision continuous measuring system for atmospheric O2/N2 and Ar/N2 and its application to the observation in Tsukuba, Japan Cover

Development of a new high precision continuous measuring system for atmospheric O2/N2 and Ar/N2 and its application to the observation in Tsukuba, Japan

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1
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|Jan 2014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.22574 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 22574 - 22574
Submitted on: Aug 11, 2013
Accepted on: Dec 13, 2013
Published on: Jan 1, 2014
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
atmospheric O2/N2 ratio,
atmospheric Ar/N2 ratio,
continuous measurements,
mass spectrometer,
seasonal cycle of Ar/N2 ratio

© 2014 Shigeyuki Ishidoya, Shohei Murayama, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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