The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 700-709

  Crisp, D ^a   Atlas, R M ^b   Breon, F M ^c   Brown, L R ^a   Burrows, J P ^d   Ciais, P ^c   Connor, B J ^e   Doney, S C ^f   Fung, I Y ^g   Jacob, D J ^h   Miller, C E ⁱ   O'Brien, D ^j   Pawson, S ^b   Randerson, J T ^a,k   Rayner, P ^j   Salawitch, R J ^a   Sander, S P ^a   Sen, B ^a   Stephens, G L ^l   Tans, P P ^m   Toon, G C ^a   Wennberg, P O ^a,k   Wofsy, S C ^h   Yung, Y L ^k   Kuang, Z ^k   Chudasama, B ^a   Sprague, G ^a   Weiss, B ^a   Pollock, R ⁿ   Kenyon, D ^o   Schroll, S ^o   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^m EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ Hamilton Sundstrand   (United States)

^o NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Atmospheric carbon dioxide; Orbiting carbon observatory

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL SYNTHESIS; MONITORING MISSIONS; ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 2642572089     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.08.062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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