Tropospheric methane retrieved from ground-based near-IR solar absorption spectra

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Washenfelder, R A ^a   Wennberg, P O ^a   Toon, G C ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; METHANE; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; INFRARED DEVICES; TROPOSPHERE;

HYDROGEN FLUORIDE (HF); TROPOSPHERIC METHANE; COLUMN ABUNDANCE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROGEN FLUORIDE; NEAR INFRARED; SEASONAL PEAKS; SLOPE EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE PRESSURES; TROPOSPHERIC VOLUME MIXING RATIOS;

TROPOSPHERE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHANE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 1542650803     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017969     Document Type: Article

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