The modeling of tropospheric methane: How well can point measurements be reproduced by a global model?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D7, 2000, Pages 8981-9002

  Houweling, Sander ^a   Dentener, Frank ^a   Lelieveld, Jos ^a   Walter, Bernadette ^b   Dlugokencky, Ed ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033791969     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901149     Document Type: Article

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