Contribution of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory to the estimation of CO2 sources and sinks: Theoretical study in a variational data assimilation framework

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Chevallier, Frédéric ^a   Bréon, François Marie ^a   Rayner, Peter J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CARBON DIOXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DATA ASSIMILATION; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 34347344075     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007375     Document Type: Article

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