Estimating the distribution of terrestrial CO2 sources and sinks from atmospheric measurements: Sensitivity to configuration of the observation network

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Suntharalingam, P ^a   Spivakovsky, C M ^a   Logan, J A ^a   McElroy, M B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverse modeling; Observation network; Terrestrial biospheric sink

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

EID: 1342270018     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002207     Document Type: Article

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