Measurements of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 using a commercial airliner from 1993 to 1994

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1647-1655

  Matsueda, Hidekazu ^a   Inoue, Hisayuki Y ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aircraft observation; Greenhouse gas; Latitudinal distribution; Seasonal cycle; Upper troposphere

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC, (WEST);

AIRCRAFT; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; SAMPLING; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATION; COMMERCIAL AIRLINER; GREENHOUSE GAS; MIXING RATIOS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRACE GASES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 0029663085     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00374-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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