Importance of mixing ratio for a long-term CO2 flux measurement with a closed-path system

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 302-308

  Nakai, Taro ^a   Iwata, Hiroki ^a   Harazono, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ERROR CORRECTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIXING RATIO; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959632444     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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