An empirical analysis of the spatial variability of atmospheric CO2: Implications for inverse analyses and space-borne sensors

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Lin, J C ^a   Gerbig, C ^a   Daube, B C ^a   Wofsy, S C ^a   Andrews, A E ^b   Vay, S A ^c   Anderson, B E ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

0315 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Biosphere atmosphere interactions; 0322 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Constituent sources and sinks; 0365 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Troposphere Composition and chemistry; 1610 Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325); 1640 Global Change: Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GEOPHYSICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSORS; TROPOSPHERE;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SPACE-BORNE SENSORS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 16644391389     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020957     Document Type: Article

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