Can carbon dioxide be used as a tracer of urban atmospheric transport?

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Pataki, D E ^a   Tyler, B J ^b   Peterson, R E ^b   Nair, A P ^b   Steenburgh, W J ^c   Pardyjak, E R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; TRACER;

EID: 25844515535     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005723     Document Type: Article

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