Evaluating a 3-D transport model of atmospheric CO2 using ground-based, aircraft, and space-borne data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2789-2803

  Feng, L ^a   Palmer, P I ^a   Yang, Y ^a,b,g   Yantosca, R M ^c   Kawa, S R ^d   Paris, J D ^e   Matsueda, H ^f   MacHida, T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EOS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; KALMAN FILTER; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79953156880     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-2789-2011     Document Type: Article

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