Implications of the recent fluctuations in the growth rate of tropospheric methane

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 117-1-117-4

  Simpson, Isobel J ^a   Chen, Tai Yih ^b   Blake, Donald R ^a   Rowland, F Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MONITORING;

ANNUAL GROWTH RATES;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0037095975     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gl014521     Document Type: Article

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