The determination of a " regional" atmospheric background mixing ratio for anthropogenic greenhouse gases: A comparison of two independent methods

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7396-7405

  Giostra, U ^a   Furlani, F ^a   Arduini, J ^a   Cava, D ^b   Manning, A J ^c   O'Doherty, S J ^d   Reimann, S ^e   Maione, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Baseline; Continuous observations; Halocarbons; Long term trends; Sources

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TRENDS; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND VALUE; BASELINE; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; FILTERING PROCEDURES; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; HYDROFLUOROCARBONS; IRELAND; LOCAL SOURCE; LONG-TERM TREND; MACE HEAD; MIXING RATIOS; OBSERVED DATA; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REMOTE STATIONS; SOURCE REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HALOCARBONS; TIME SERIES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON;

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACKGROUND LEVEL; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; HALOCARBON; MIXING RATIO; RADIATIVE FORCING; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALPS; APENNINES; CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; IRELAND; ITALY; MACE HEAD; MODENA; MOUNT CIMONE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80755130282     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.076     Document Type: Article

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