Satellite boreal measurements over Alaska and Canada during June-July 2004: Simultaneous measurements of upper tropospheric CO, C2H6, HCN, CH3Cl, CH4, C2H2, CH3OH, HCOOH, OCS, and SF6 mixing ratios

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Rinsland, Curtis P ^a   Dufour, Gaëlle ^b   Boone, Chris D ^c   Bernath, Peter F ^c,d   Chiou, Linda ^e   Coheur, Pierre François ^f   Turquety, Solène ^g   Clerbaux, Cathy ^g  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^g INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; FIRES; FORESTRY; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; MIXING RATIO; PLUME; SATELLITE; TROPOSPHERE;

ALASKA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35648937741     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GB002795     Document Type: Article

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