The ice core record of atmospheric methane

• Main Authors: Chappellaz, J., Raynaud, D., Blunier, T., Stauffer, B.
• Other Authors: Khalil, Mohammad Aslam Khan
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2000
• Subjects: 530 Physics; Lowe; Rasmussen; Rowland; Steele; ice core
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/160980/

The global evolution of atmospheric CH4 has been documented by sporadic direct measurements in the atmosphere during the 1960s and 1970s and by systematic survey only since 1979. The data from this time up to 1983 indicate an increasing trend at a rate of about 1% per year (Rasmussen and Khalil, 198...