Inverse modeling of methane sources and sinks using the adjoint of a global transport model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D21, 1999, Pages 26137-26160

  Houweling, Sander ^a   Kaminski, Thomas ^b   Dentener, Frank ^a   Lelieveld, Jos ^a   Heimann, Martin ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC SINK; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; INVERSE ANALYSIS; METHANE; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

EID: 0033589470     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900428     Document Type: Article

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