Emissions of CH4 and N2O over the United States and Canada based on a receptor-oriented modeling framework and COBRA-NA atmospheric observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Kort, Eric A ^a   Eluszkiewicz, Janusz ^b   Stephens, Britton B ^c   Miller, John B ^d,e   Gerbig, Christoph ^f   Nehrkorn, Thomas ^b   Daube, Bruce C ^a   Kaplan, Jed O ^g   Houweling, Sander ^h   Wofsy, Steven C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; BOTTOM-UP; EMISSION RATES; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE DISPERSION MODELS; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; NITROUS OXIDES; NORTH AMERICA; SCALING FACTORS; SEASONALITY; TOP DOWNS; UNITED STATES;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57849135581     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034031     Document Type: Article

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