Is the amplitude of the methane seasonal cycle changing?

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-26

  Dlugokencky, E J ^a   Masarie, K A ^b   Tans, P P ^a   Conway, T J ^a   Xiong, X ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hydroxyl radical; Methane; Seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANE; SEASONAL CYCLE;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; METHANE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC METHANE; SEASONAL METHANE AMPLITUDE VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030617269     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00174-4     Document Type: Article

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