Reconciling the changes in atmospheric methane sources and sinks between the Last Glacial Maximum and the pre-industrial era

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Levine, J G ^a   Wolff, E W ^a   Jones, A E ^a   Sime, L C ^a   Valdes, P J ^b   Archibald, A T ^c   Carver, G D ^c   Warwick, N J ^c   Pyle, J A ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METHANE; RECYCLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; METHANE EMISSIONS; NATURAL METHANE; NET EFFECT; NON-METHANE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; METHANE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WETLAND;

EID: 83455213215     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049545     Document Type: Article

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