Carbon dioxide variability during cold front passages and fair weather days at a forested mountaintop site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 405-416

  Lee, Temple R ^a   De Wekker, Stephan F J ^a   Andrews, Arlyn E ^b   Kofler, Jonathan ^b   Williams, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue Ridge Mountains; Carbon dioxide; Cold fronts

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; BLUE RIDGES; CO MEASUREMENTS; COLD FRONT; ELEVATED CO; FAIR WEATHER; FIRST YEAR; GROWING SEASON; METEOROLOGICAL SITES; MIXING RATIOS; SOURCE REGION; TRACE-GASES; VIRGINIA; WIND SPEED;

CARBON; MIXING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COLD FRONT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWING SEASON; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAGNITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; MIXING RATIO; MONTANE FOREST; NOAA SATELLITE; OZONE; WEATHER; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 82955163042     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.068     Document Type: Article

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