A model-based evaluation of inversions of atmospheric transport, using annual mean mixing ratios, as a tool to monitor fluxes of nonreactive trace substances like CO2 on a continental scale

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D12, 1999, Pages 14245-14260

  Gloor, Manuel ^a   Fan, Song Miao ^a   Pacala, Stephen ^a   Sarmiento, Jorge ^a   Ramonet, Michel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL;

EID: 0032727457     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900132     Document Type: Article

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