Modeling global atmospheric CO2 with improved emission inventories and CO2 production from the oxidation of other carbon species

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 689-716

  Nassar, R ^a,i   Jones, D B A ^a   Suntharalingam, P ^b   Chen, J M ^a   Andres, R J ^c   Wecht, K J ^d   Yantosca, R M ^e   Kulawik, S S ^f   Bowman, K W ^f   Worden, J R ^f   MacHida, T ^g   Matsueda, H ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^h METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

ⁱ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; EOS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXIDATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 79851481423     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-3-689-2010     Document Type: Article

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