Carbon monoxide: A quantitative tracer for fossil fuel CO2?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Gamnitzer, Ulrike ^a,b   Karstens, Ute ^c   Kromer, Bernd ^d   Neubert, Rolf E M ^e   Meijer, Harro A J ^e   Schroeder, Hartwig ^a   Levin, Ingeborg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; TRACER;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HEIDELBERG;

EID: 33947418468     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006966     Document Type: Article

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