Atmospheric methane and global change

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 177-210

  Wuebbles, Donald J ^a   Hayhoe, Katharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric chemistry; Global change; Greenhouse gases; Methane

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; METHANE;

EID: 0036077620     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(01)00062-9     Document Type: Article

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