Possible causes for the 1990-1993 decrease in the global tropospheric CO abundances: A three-dimensional sensitivity study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1673-1682

  Granier, Claire ^a   Müller, Jean François ^b   Madronich, Sasha ^a   Brasseur, Guy P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3 D modeling; Anthropogenic emissions; Biomass burning; Carbon monoxide; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIRE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE;

3D MODEL; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; DECREASE; OZONE COLUMN; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CALCULATIONS; COMBUSTION; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BIOMASS BURNING; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE COLUMN;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

EID: 0029663092     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00397-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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