Attribution of spatial and temporal variations in terrestrial methane flux over North America

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3637-3655

  Xu, X F ^a   Tian, H Q ^a   Zhang, C ^a   Liu, M L ^a   Ren, W ^a   Chen, G S ^a   Lu, C Q ^a   Bruhwiler, L ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; METHANE; MITIGATION; NITROGEN; OZONE; POLICY MAKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 78649252413     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-3637-2010     Document Type: Article

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