Renewed growth of atmospheric methane

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Rigby, M ^a   Prinn, R G ^a   Fraser, P J ^b   Simmonds, P G ^c   Langenfelds, R L ^b   Huang, J ^a   Cunnold, D M ^d   Steele, L P ^b   Krummel, P B ^b   Weiss, R F ^e   O'Doherty, S ^c   Salameh, P K ^e   Wang, H J ^d   Harth, C M ^e   Muhle J ^e   Porter, L W ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INVERSE PROBLEMS; METHANE;

ANNUAL MEANS; ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHES; CONCENTRATION OF; EMISSION RATES; HYDROXYL RADICALS; INVERSE METHODS; METHYL CHLOROFORMS; MOLE FRACTIONS; MONITORING LOCATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SIMPLE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INVERSE ANALYSIS; METHANE;

EID: 60149104251     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036037     Document Type: Article

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