Global CO2 fluxes inferred from surface air-sample measurements and from TCCON retrievals of the CO2 total column

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Chevallier, F ^a   Deutscher, N M ^b,c   Conway, T J ^d   Ciais, P ^a   Ciattaglia, L ^e   Dohe, S ^f   Frhlich, M ^g   Gomez Pelaez, A J ^h   Griffith, D ^c   Hase, F ^f   Haszpra, L ⁱ   Krummel, P ^j   Kyr, E ^k   Labuschagne, C ^l   Langenfelds, R ^j   MacHida, T ^m   Maignan, F ^a   Matsueda, H ⁿ   Morino, I ^m   Notholt, J ^b   Ramonet, M ^a   Sawa, Y ⁿ   Schmidt, M ^a   Sherlock, V ^o   Steele, P ^j   Strong, K ^p   Sussmann, R ^q   Wennberg, P ^r   Wofsy, S ^s   Worthy, D ^t   Wunch, D ^r   Zimnoch, M ^u   more..

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^h Meteorological State Agency of Spain   (Spain)

ⁱ HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

^j Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^k FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^l SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

ⁿ METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^q KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^r CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^s HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^u AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; CARBON BUDGETS; DATA-SOURCES; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; MIXING RATIOS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEASONAL CYCLE; TRANSPORT MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84855368013     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049899     Document Type: Article

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