A recent build-up of atmospheric CO2 over Europe. Part 1: Observed signals and possible explanations

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Ramonet, Michel ^a   Ciais, Philippe ^a   Aalto, Tuula ^d   Aulagnier, Céline ^a   Chevallier, Frédéric ^a   Cipriano, Domenico ^e   Conway, Thomas J ^f   Haszpra, Laszlo ^b   Kazan, Victor ^a   Meinhardt, Frank ^c   Paris, Jean Daniel ^a   Schmidt, Martina ^a   Simmonds, Peter ^g   Xueref Rémy, Irène ^a   Necki, Jaroslaw N ^h  

^a DIF   (France)

^b HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

^c UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e CESI   (Italy)

^f EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^h AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; FOSSIL FUEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEVERE WEATHER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

EID: 76749134612     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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