Inversion of long-lived trace gas emissions using combined Eulerian and Lagrangian chemical transport models

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 9887-9898

  Rigby, M ^a   Manning, A J ^b   Prinn, R G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; TRACE GAS;

EID: 80053278090     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-9887-2011     Document Type: Article

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