Interannual variability and trends in atmospheric methane over the western Pacific from 1994 to 2010

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Terao, Yukio ^a   Mukai, Hitoshi ^a   Nojiri, Yukihiro ^a   MacHida, Toshinobu ^a   Tohjima, Yasunori ^a   Saeki, Tazu ^a   Maksyutov, Shamil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORESTATION; METHANE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; AUSTRALIA; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; FOREST FIRES; GLOBAL FEATURE; HIGH GROWTH RATE; INDONESIA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MIDLATITUDES; MIXING RATIOS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OH CONCENTRATION; REGIONAL FEATURE; SIMULATION RESULT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE EMISSIONS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LATITUDE; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; RESOLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 79960920156     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015467     Document Type: Article

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