What is the concentration footprint of a tall tower?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D16, 2001, Pages 17831-17840

  Gloor, Manuel ^a,b   Bakwin, Peter ^c,e   Hurst, Dale ^d   Lock, Loreen ^d   Draxler, Roland ^e   Tans, Pieter ^c,e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; MIXING RATIO; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; TRACE GAS;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0034809410     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900021     Document Type: Article

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