NOAA/CSIRO Flask Air Intercomparison Experiment: A strategy for directly assessing consistency among atmospheric measurements made by independent laboratories

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D17, 2001, Pages 20445-20464

  Masarie, K A ^a,e   Langenfelds, R L ^b   Allison, C E ^b   Conway, T J ^a,e   Dlugokencky, E J ^a,e   Francey, R J ^b,c   Novelli, P C ^a,e   Steele, L P ^b,c   Tans, P P ^a,e   Vaughn, B ^d   White, J W C ^d  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA QUALITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0034773052     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000023     Document Type: Article

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