Regional sources of nitrous oxide over the United States: Seasonal variation and spatial distribution

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Miller, S M ^a   Kort, E A ^b   Hirsch, A I ^c   Dlugokencky, E J ^d   Andrews, A E ^d   Xu, X ^e   Tian, H ^e   Nehrkorn, T ^f   Eluszkiewicz, J ^f   Michalak, A M ^g   Wofsy, S C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^g GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BAYESIAN INVERSION; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; GEOSTATISTICAL; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; INVERSE MODELS; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE DISPERSION MODEL; LARGE N; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TOPDOWN;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MAIZE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; CORN BELT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856397749     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016951     Document Type: Article

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