Evaluation of various observing systems for the global monitoring of CO2 surface fluxes

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10503-10520

  Hungershoefer, K ^a,g   Peylin, P ^a,b   Chevallier, F ^a   Rayner, P ^a,h   Klonecki, A ^c   Houweling, S ^d,e   Marshall, J ^f  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NOVELTIS   (France)

^d SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MONITORING SYSTEM; PRECISION; SAMPLING BIAS; SURFACE FLUX; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78149420033     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-10503-2010     Document Type: Article

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