Error correlation between CO2 and CO as constraint for CO 2 flux inversions using satellite data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7313-7323

  Wang, H ^a,b   Jacob, D J ^a   Kopacz, M ^a   Jones, D B A ^c   Suntharalingam, P ^d   Fisher, J A ^a   Nassar, R ^c   Pawson, S ^e   Nielsen, J E ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON MONOXIDE; CORRELATION; EOS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECISION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 73349105430     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-7313-2009     Document Type: Article

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