Atmospheric constraints on 2004 emissions of methane and nitrous oxide in North America from atmospheric measurements and a receptor-oriented modeling framework

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 125-133

  Kort, Eric A ^a   Andrews, Arlyn E ^b   Dlugokencky, Ed ^b   Sweeney, Colm ^b   Hirsch, Adam ^b   Eluszkiewicz, Janusz ^c   Nehrkorn, Thomas ^c   Michalak, Anna ^d   Stephens, Britton ^e   Gerbig, Christoph ^f   Miller, John B ^b   Kaplan, Jed ^g   Houweling, Sander ^h   Daube, Bruce C ^a   Tans, Pieter ^a   Wofsy, Steven C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas; Methane; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958247856     PISSN: 1943815X     EISSN: 19438168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19438151003767483     Document Type: Article

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