Strategies for measurement of atmospheric column means of carbon dioxide from aircraft using discrete sampling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Bakwin, P S ^a   Tans, P P ^a   Stephens, B B ^b   Wofsy, S C ^c   Gerbig, C ^c   Grainger, A ^d  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; COBRA; Column integral; Column mean; Flask sampling

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING RATIO;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1342289463     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003306     Document Type: Article

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